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): July 31, 2017

Performance Food Group Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(804) 484-7700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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.

On July 31, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Performance Food Group Company (the “Company”) appointed Kimberly S. Grant to the Board, effective immediately, to serve as a Class III director. Ms. Grant will serve on the Board’s audit committee effective as of September 21, 2017. The Board has determined that Ms. Grant qualifies as an independent director under the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the independence requirements of Section 10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by applicable Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.

Ms. Grant, 46, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of ThinkFoodGroup, a global hospitality management company, which owns, operates and oversees innovative dining concepts for award-winning Chef José Andrés, since September 2014. From January 2014 to September 2014, Ms. Grant was Chief Operating Officer of ThinkFoodGroup. Prior to this role, Ms. Grant was with Ruby Tuesday Inc., a publicly traded restaurant company, for approximately 21 years. Her last positions at Ruby Tuesday Inc. were Chief Operations Officer and President from June 2002 to June 2013 and Vice President and Controller from 1998 to 2002.

Ms. Grant’s compensation for her services as a non-employee director will be consistent with that of the Company’s other non-employee directors, subject to pro-ration to reflect the commencement date of her service on the Board.

Other than the standard compensation arrangement described above, there is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Grant and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director. Ms. Grant does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction in which the Company is a participant that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On July 31, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing Ms. Grant’s appointment to the Board. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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.

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