Current Report Filing (8-k)

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: January 13, 2020

Tractor Supply Company

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	000-23314	13-3139732
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5401 Virginia Way, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (615) 440-4000


Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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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, $0.008 par value

TSCO

NASDAQ Global Select Market

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

On December 6, 2019, Tractor Supply Company (the “Company”) reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K that the Company intended to increase the size of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) and appoint Harry A. Lawton III, the Company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, to the Board.

Effective January 13, 2020, the Board has increased the size of the Board from nine to ten and appointed Mr. Lawton as a member of the Board to serve a term ending on the date of the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

104 The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

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.