UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
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 8, 2015
Burlington Stores, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36107 | 80-0895227 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2006 Route 130 North
Florence, New Jersey 08518
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(609) 387-7800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On September 16, 2014, Burlington Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) under Item 5.02 to report, among other things, the election of Frank Cooper to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of September 16, 2014. Because Mr. Cooper was not immediately appointed to serve on any Board committee, disclosure of the Board committee(s) on which he would serve was not included in the Original Form 8-K in accordance with instruction no. 2 of the Instructions to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K. This Current Report on Form 8-K/A reports Mr. Cooper’s Board committee assignment. No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K.
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 8, 2015, Frank Cooper was appointed as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Tricia Patrick relinquished her position on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee effective as of the appointment of Mr. Cooper. With the appointment of Mr. Cooper and the relinquishment of Ms. Patrick’s position, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is now comprised of John Mahoney (Chair), Jordan Hitch and Mr. Cooper.
Additionally on January 8, 2015, John Mahoney was appointed as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board. With Mr. Mahoney’s appointment, the Compensation Committee is now comprised of Jordan Hitch (Chair), Josh Bekenstein, Paul Sullivan, William McNamara and Mr. Mahoney.
SIGNATURE
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.
| BURLINGTON STORES, INC. |
| /s/ Paul Tang |
| Paul Tang Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
Date: January 14, 2015