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EX-31.4 - EXHIBIT 31.4 - PANERA BREAD COexhibit314.htm
EX-31.5 - EXHIBIT 31.5 - PANERA BREAD COexhibit315.htm
EX-31.3 - EXHIBIT 31.3 - PANERA BREAD COexhibit313.htm
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
_______________________________
Form 10-K/A

AMENDMENT NO 1. TO FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
þ
 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
For the fiscal year ended December 27, 2011
or
o
 
TRANSACTION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
For the transition period from                        to                       
Commission file number 0-19253
____________________________
Panera Bread Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
04-2723701
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
3630 South Geyer Road, Suite 100,
St. Louis, MO
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
63127
(Zip Code)
(314) 984-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
 
Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share
 
The NASDAQ Global Select Market
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller reporting company o
 
 
 
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the last sale price of the registrant’s worldwide Class A Common Stock at the close of business on June 28, 2011, was $2,686,757,784.

As of February 20, 2012, the registrant had 28,335,959 shares of Class A Common Stock ($.0001 par value per share) and 1,383,687 shares of Class B Common Stock ($.0001 par value per share) outstanding.

Part III of this Annual Report incorporates by reference certain information from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, which the registrant intends to file pursuant to Regulation 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the registrant’s fiscal year end of December 27, 2011.
 



Explanatory Note

Panera Bread Company (the "Company") is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2011, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 21, 2012 (the "Original Filing"), to correct the number of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock disclosed on the cover page of the Original Filing as outstanding as of February 20, 2012. The number of outstanding Class A Common Stock shares disclosed in the Original Filing inadvertently included 2,048,787 treasury shares that were issued but were not outstanding. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of February 20, 2012 was 28,335,959. This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A does not change or update any of the other disclosures contained in the Original Filing, including, without limitation, the total number of outstanding Class A Common Stock otherwise disclosed within the body of the Original Filing.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
PANERA BREAD COMPANY
 
 
 
Date: March 20, 2012
By:
/s/ WILLIAM W. MORETON
 
Name:
William W. Moreton
 
Title:
President and Co-Chief Executive Officer





EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
31.3
Certification by Co-Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
31.4
Certification by Co-Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
31.5
Certification by Chief Accounting Officer