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): June 2, 2014
BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35672 | 20-5234618 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 101 Oakley Street Evansville, Indiana |
47710 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(812) 424-2904
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On June 5, 2014 Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a secondary offering (the “Offering”) of 10,000,000 shares of common stock (the “Shares”) by investment funds affiliated with or managed by Apollo Global Management, LLC. The Company did not receive any of the proceeds from the Offering. The Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-194030), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2014, as amended on May 5, 2014, and related prospectus supplement dated June 2, 2014.
In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated June 2, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P., Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P., Covalence Co-Investment Holdings LLC, Apollo V Covalence Holdings, L.P., AP Berry Holdings L.P., BPC Co-Investment Holdings LLC, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as underwriter. The Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Offering, also filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1 is the opinion of counsel with respect to the validity of the Shares being sold in the Offering.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated June 2, 2014, among Berry Plastics Group, Inc., Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P., Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P., Covalence Co-Investment Holdings LLC, Apollo V Covalence Holdings, L.P., AP Berry Holdings L.P., BPC Co-Investment Holdings LLC, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
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.
| BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC. | ||||||
| Date: June 5, 2014 | By: | /s/ Jason K. Greene | ||||
| Name: | Jason K. Greene | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated June 2, 2014, among Berry Plastics Group, Inc., Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P., Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P., Covalence Co-Investment Holdings LLC, Apollo V Covalence Holdings, L.P., AP Berry Holdings L.P., BPC Co-Investment Holdings LLC, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |