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): June 9, 2022

SpartanNash Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (616) 878-2000

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

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:

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).

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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. ☐

On June 9, 2022, SpartanNash Company (the “Company”) held its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 11, 2022, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 36,146,733 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. 29,042,679 shares of common stock, or 80.35% of the common stock outstanding on the Record Date, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.

Set forth below are (i) the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2022, and (ii) the final certified results of the voting reported by First Coast Results, Inc., the independent Inspector of Election for the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

Shareholders elected each of the Company’s nominees, and did not elect any nominees of Macellum Home Fund, LP (“Macellum”), to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company and until such directors’ successors shall have been elected and qualified. The voting results for this proposal were as follows:

Proposal 2 – Advisory Approval of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Compensation

Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation. The voting results for this proposal were as follows:

Proposal 3 – Approval of the SpartanNash Company Associate Stock Purchase Plan of 2022

Shareholders approved the SpartanNash Company Associate Stock Purchase Plan of 2022, including the reservation of 300,000 shares for issuance thereunder. The voting results for this proposal were as follows:

Proposal 4 – Ratification of the Selection of the Company’s Independent Certified Public Accounting Firm

Shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The voting results for this proposal were as follows:

No other matters were properly presented for consideration or shareholder action at the Annual Meeting.

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 hereunto duly authorized.