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): January 1, 2013
AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS
HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 333-124878 | 59-3796143 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150 Huntersville, North Carolina |
28078 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 992-2000
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective January 1, 2013, Jeffrey Liaw resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Accelerate Parent Corp. (“Accelerate Parent”), the indirect parent of American Tire Distributors Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Liaw has served on the Accelerate Parent Board since May 2010 and has resigned to pursue other interests.
Effective January 1, 2013, the Accelerate Parent Board, pursuant to the applicable provisions of Accelerate Parent’s bylaws, elected Peter McGoohan as a director of Accelerate Parent. Mr. McGoohan is a Vice President of TPG Capital. He is focused on the firm’s industrials/manufacturing, energy and financial services investing efforts. Prior to joining TPG Capital in 2007, Mr. McGoohan was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Mr. McGoohan received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a summa cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University. Mr. McGoohan will not receive any compensation for his service on the Accelerate Parent Board.
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.
| AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS HOLDINGS, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||||
| January 3, 2013 | By: | /s/ JASON T. YAUDES | ||||||
| Name: | Jason T. Yaudes | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||