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): March 13, 2014 

Burlington Stores, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Charter) 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

001-36107
(Commission
File Number)

80-0895227
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1830 Route 130 North
Burlington, New Jersey 08016
(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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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 13, 2014, Burlington Stores, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (the "Amended Agreement") with (i) Bain Capital Fund IX, L.P., Bain Capital Integral Investors, LLC, BCIP TCV, LLC, and BCIP Associates - G (the "Investors"); and (ii) the managers party thereto (collectively with the Investors, the "Stockholders"). The Amended Agreement provides that all managers, other than such managers who are Senior Vice Presidents or above and such other persons designated from time to time by the Company's board of directors as "senior managers" , may sell shares of Company stock subject to the Stockholders Agreement to the public, in accordance with applicable securities laws and the Company's insider trading policy, as follows: up to 25% from and after adoption of Amended Agreement (the "Effective Date"), up to 50% from and after six months from the Effective Date, up to 75% from and after nine months from the Effective Date, and without quantity restriction from and after the one year anniversary of the Effective Date. Prior to the effectiveness of the Amended Agreement, managers were prohibited from selling shares of Company stock subject to the Stockholders Agreement other than in proportion to sales by the Investors of their Company stock until the expiration of the Stockholders Agreement which will occur on the earlier of October 7, 2018 or the time the Investors have sold two-thirds (2/3) of their original holdings of Company stock. Senior managers remain subject to this restriction on sale under the Amended Agreement. In the event that the Investors sell a percentage of their shares that is higher than the percentage allowed by the provision described above, all managers will be able to sell up to the percentage then sold by the Investors.

The Amended Agreement provides that non-senior managers will (i) be released from the Amended Agreement from and after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and (ii) not have piggyback registration rights on future registered offerings of Company stock by the Investors. Senior managers retain piggyback registration rights.

 

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/ Robert L. LaPenta, Jr.

Robert L. LaPenta, Jr.

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Date: March 19, 2014