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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): April 26, 2018

 

LANDEC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

0-27446

 

94-3025618

(Commission file number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

   5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 232, Santa Clara, California

95054

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(650) 306-1650

(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:

 

Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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 standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐

 

 

 

 

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Item 1.01  

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On April 26, 2018, Apio, Inc. (“Apio”), a subsidiary of Landec Corporation, entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the limited partners (the “Partners”) of Apio Cooling, a California limited partnership (the “Partnership”), of which Apio is the general partner and owner of 60% of the outstanding partnership interests, pursuant to which Apio purchased the remaining partnership interests of the Partnership (the “Subject Interests”) for a purchase price of $3.2 million. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement occurred on April 27, 2018. The purchase was an all-cash transaction that resulted in Apio owning all the Subject Interests.

 

Concurrent with the purchase of the Subject Interests, Apio paid in full the minority interest liability of $1.5 million owed to the Partners as of the closing.

 

The Agreement is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. This summary description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)     Exhibit.

 

The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Purchase Agreement dated as of April 26, 2018, by and between Apio, Inc., Michael R. Mills, San Ysidro Farms, Inc., B&D Farms, Mahoney Brothers, and RCM Farms, LLC.

 

 

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.

 

Date: May 1, 2018

     

 

LANDEC CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory S. Skinner      

 

 

 

Gregory S. Skinner

 

 

 

Vice President of Finance and

 

 

 

Administration and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement dated as of April 26, 2018, by and between Apio, Inc., Michael R. Mills, San Ysidro Farms, Inc., B&D Farms, Mahoney Brothers, and RCM Farms, LLC.

 

 

 

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