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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 14, 2020

 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-7275

 

47-0248710

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

222 Merchandise Mart Plaza,

Suite 1300

Chicago, Illinois

 

60654

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(312) 549-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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 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))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $5.00 par value

 

CAG

 

New York Stock Exchange

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 accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 14, 2020, the Board of Directors of Conagra Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a form of indemnification agreement to be entered into by the Company with each of its directors. The form of agreement memorializes the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws and requires the Company to indemnify each director under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including indemnification of expenses such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the director in any action or proceeding arising out of the person’s services as a director.

The foregoing description of the form of indemnification agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 14, 2020, the Company adopted the Third Amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the Company’s Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan. The changes implemented by the Third Amendment amend the minimum deferral percentage and certain participant eligibility and distribution requirements.

The foregoing description of the Third Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Third Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

         
 

10.1

   

Form of Director Indemnification Agreement

         
 

10.2

   

Third Amendment, dated as of May 14, 2020, to the Conagra Brands, Inc. Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan (January 1, 2017 Restatement)

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL in Exhibit 101).


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

CONAGRA BRANDS, INC.

             

Date: May 19, 2020

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Colleen Batcheler

 

 

Name:

 

Colleen Batcheler

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice President, General

 

 

 

Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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