8-K 1 tv480250_8k.htm FORM 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 (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 27, 2017

Thor Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware | 1-9235 | 93-0768752
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

601 East Beardsley Avenue, | 46514-3305
Elkhart, Indiana | (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (574) 970-7460

N/A

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

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On November 27, 2017, Thor Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing certain financial results for the first quarter ended October 31, 2017. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The Company also posted an updated investor slide presentation and a list of investor questions and answers to the “Investors” section of its website. A copy of the Company’s slide presentation and investor questions and answers are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and 99.3, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

The slide presentation attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2, and incorporated by reference herein, also provides updated information on industry wholesale shipments and retail market share. The Company also posted an updated list of investor questions and answers to the “Investors” section of its website. A copy of the Company’s investor questions and answers is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated by reference herein.

In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information set forth in Items 2.02 and 7.01 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, and 99.3) shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing thereunder or under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

| (d) | Exhibits

Exhibit Number |  | Description
99.1 |  | Copy of press release, dated November 27, 2017, issued by the Company
99.2 |  | Copy of investor slide presentation, posted on the Company’s website on November 27, 2017.
99.3 |  | Copy of investor questions and answers posted on the Company’s website on November 27, 2017.

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.

|  | Thor Industries, Inc.
Date: November 27, 2017 | By: | /s/ Colleen Zuhl
| Name: | Colleen Zuhl
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer