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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): September 7, 2016
Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware | | 001-37510 | | 46-0552933 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
11 River Road
Wilton, CT 06897
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(203) 762-9751
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 7, 2016, Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that Kurt Schmidt, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Billy Bishop, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, and Mike Nathenson, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate at the Barclays 2016 Global Consumer Staples Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sept. 8, 2016 at approximately 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast will be accessible by a link on the Company’s website at http://ir.bluebuffalo.com, or by direct link at https://cc.talkpoint.com/barc002/090616b_js/?entity=43_0PE0HRJ. The full text 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 Press Release also contains reaffirmation of the Company’s full year fiscal 2016 financial outlook.
The Press Release contains statements intended as “forward-looking statements,” all of which are subject to the cautionary statements about forward-looking statements set forth therein.
The information being furnished pursuant to this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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99.1 | | Press Release of Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. dated September 7, 2016
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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.
BLUE BUFFALO PET PRODUCTS, INC.
By: /s/ Kurt T. Schmidt
Name: Kurt T. Schmidt
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 7, 2016
Index to Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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99.1 | | Press Release issued by Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. dated September 7, 2016. |