Edgar Filing: Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, INC.

Date: August 18, 2014

/s/ Brandon F. Lombardi

Brandon F. Lombardi

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 13, 2014

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-36029

32-0331600

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

11811 N. Tatum Boulevard, Suite 2400

Phoenix, Arizona 85028

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(480) 814-8016

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 13, 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement with Nature’s Best, our primary supplier of dry grocery and frozen food products. This agreement amends and restates our prior Distribution Agreement with Nature’s Best, effective as of April 14, 2010. The new agreement enhances and supplements our prior agreement with Nature’s Best, including terms relating to service level arrangements, deficiency cures, product management procedures, and other ordinary course operational terms provided to us by Nature’s Best. The term, cost-plus pricing structure, and other material terms of the original agreement with Nature’s Best remain unchanged by the new agreement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.