Form 8-K

 

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)

March 14, 2003

 

 

SMART & FINAL INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

  

001-10811

  

95-4079584

(State of Incorporation)

  

(Commission File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

600 Citadel Drive

City of Commerce, California

  

90040

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (323) 869-7500

 

 

Item   9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 14, 2003, Smart & Final Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002. Accompanying such report were certifications of Smart & Final Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, Ross E. Roeder, and Chief Financial Officer, Richard N. Phegley, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Smart & Final Inc. is filing, as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, copies of such certifications in the form in which said officers executed them.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Furthermore, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed as incorporated by reference into the filings of Smart & Final Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly authorized this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized.

 

 

               

SMART & FINAL INC.

               

By:

Date: March 14, 2003

          

/s/    Richard N. Phegley

               

Richard N. Phegley

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

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