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):

July 18, 2013

 

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware
(State of Incorporation)

 

001-35113
(Commission File Number)

 

20-8536244
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

300 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(412) 288-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

Effective July 18, 2013, David Kaplan and Andrew Claerhout each resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of GNC Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).  The Board accepted the resignations of Messrs. Kaplan and Claerhout, neither of which were the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter.  Also effective July 18, 2013, the Board reduced its size from eleven to nine members.

 

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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.

 

 

July 18, 2013

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.

 

 

Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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