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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - Cars.com Inc. | d509410dex991.htm |
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
January 4, 2018
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Cars.com Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-37869 | 81-3693660 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
300 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices)
(312) 601-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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:
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2-(b)) |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On January 4, 2018, Cars.com Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing an agreement with The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), a news media company, to convert the remaining 17 McClatchy affiliate markets into the Cars.com direct sales channel prior to the October 2019 affiliate agreement expiration date. Prior to these transitions, McClatchy had the exclusive right to sell and price Cars.com’s products and services in its local territories, paying the Company a wholesale rate for each Cars.com product sold.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibits hereto) is being furnished pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 otherwise expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Cars.com Inc. Press Release, dated January 4, 2018 | |
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.
| Cars.com Inc. | ||||||
| Date: January 4, 2018 | By: | /s/ Becky A. Sheehan | ||||
| Becky A. Sheehan | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||