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 Officers

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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 Officers

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 Officers
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 6, 2019, Larry Pierce, the Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing of SpartanNash Company (the “Company”), informed the Company of his retirement, effective on September 1, 2019 (the “Retirement Date”). Although Mr. Pierce will not be entitled to receive severance or any compensation under his employment agreement or executive severance agreement, Mr. Pierce will be entitled to retirement benefits under certain of the Company’s executive compensation plans, as described under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2018, which description is incorporated by reference herein.

Effective on February 18, 2019, Lori Raya will become the Company’s Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer.Ms. Raya joins SpartanNash following a thirty-one-year career with Safeway/Albertsons, most recently serving as Division President of Albertsons from 2015-2018 following her role as Division President of VONS from 2012-2015.In her most recent role, Ms. Raya led the post-merger transition with Safeway and integration of multiple banner teams for the second largest grocery store chain in the United States, with more than 2,200 stores and 250,000 employees.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits: The following document is attached as an exhibit to this report on Form 8-K:

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Press Release dated February 6, 2019

SpartanNash Co Exhibit
8-K 1 sptn-8k_20190206.htm EXEC RETIREMENT 2.6.19 8K sptn-8k_20190206.htm UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington,…
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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.