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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 19, 2018
 
Kellogg Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-4171
 
38-0710690
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
One Kellogg Square
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016-3599
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(269) 961-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.04. Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefits Plans.

The Company sponsors the Kellogg Company Pringles Savings and Investment Plan (the "S&I Plan"). On November 19, 2018, the Company, as plan administrator of the S&I Plan, provided notice to the S&I Plan participants of a blackout period under the S&I Plan that will begin on December 27, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and is expected to end no later than January 11, 2019 (the "Blackout Period").

The Blackout Period is being implemented in connection with the transfer of the accounts of certain participants in the S&I Plan to the Kellogg Company Savings & Investment Plan effective as of January 1, 2019. During the Blackout Period, participants in the S&I Plan will be temporarily unable to access their accounts, including being unable to make rollover contributions, hardship withdrawals, transactions requiring spousal consent, investment transfers, changes to allocations for future contributions, contribution rate changes, other in-service withdrawals, distributions, new loan requests, and changes to stop active portfolio management services.

On November 19, the Company sent an appropriate notice (the “Notice”) to its directors and executive officers informing them of the Blackout Period and the restrictions on trading in the Company's equity securities that will apply to them during the Blackout Period, pursuant to Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation BTR under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of the Notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

As described in the Notice, during the Blackout Period, the Company's executive officers and directors are prohibited from, directly or indirectly, purchasing, selling or otherwise acquiring or transferring any equity security of the Company that was acquired in connection with the executive officer's or director's service or employment as an executive officer or director, except pursuant to a limited number of exceptions provided by law. The term equity security includes, without limitation, the Company's common stock, options to purchase the Company's common stock and other derivative securities which derive their value from the Company's common stock.

Please contact the Company's Benefits Center by mail at Kellogg's Benefits Center, P.O. Box 9740, Providence, RI 02940-9740, by telephone at (888) 280-6933, or online at KelloggBenefitsCenter.com with any questions regarding the Blackout Period.


    
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1     Notice to Directors and Executive Officers of Kellogg Company.






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.
 
 
 
 
 
KELLOGG COMPANY
 
 
Date: November 19, 2018
 
/s/ Gary H. Pilnick
 
 
Name: Gary H. Pilnick
 
 
Title:   Vice Chairman