SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ:SPTN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 23, 2017, Christopher P. Meyers notified SpartanNash Company (the “Company”) that he is resigning as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for personal reasons, to be effective July 14, 2017.
On June 26, 2017, the Board of Directors appointed Thomas A. Van Hall (age 61) to serve as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis while a search is conducted. Mr. Van Hall previously served as the Company’s Vice President Finance from 2001 until July 2015, during which time he oversaw the operations of the finance department, including retail, distribution and corporate accounting; SEC reporting and compliance; budgeting/forecasting; tax planning and compliance; and financial shared services operations. He also led the integration management for the merger of Spartan Stores and Nash Finch Company from August 2013 to July 2015.
About SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ:SPTN)
Spartannash Company, formerly Spartan Stores, Inc., is a multi-regional grocery distributor and grocery retailer, and a distributor of grocery products to military commissaries in the United States. The Company’s core businesses include distributing food to military commissaries and exchanges, and independent and corporate-owned retail stores located in over 40 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Egypt, Honduras, Afghanistan and Bosnia. It operates through three segments: Military, which sells and distributes grocery products to military commissaries and exchanges in the United States and overseas; Food Distribution, which uses a multi-platform sales approach to distribute groceries to independent retail locations and corporate-owned retail stores, and Retail, which operates retail supermarkets. The products it distributes are delivered to over 170 military commissaries and over 440 exchanges located in over 40 states across the United States.
