Panera Bread 2009 Annual Report Download - page 5

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
(Mark One)
¥Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 29, 2009
or
nTransaction Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act ot 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 04-2723701
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6710 Clayton Rd.,
Richmond Heights, MO
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
63117
(Zip Code)
[phone]
(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 ¥No n
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 nNo ¥
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 ¥No n
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 nNo n
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. n
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 ¥Accelerated filer nNon-accelerated filer nSmaller reporting company n
(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 nNo ¥
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting Class A and Class B Common Stock held by non-affiliates as of June 23,
2009 was $1,048,765,579. There is no public trading market for the registrant’s Class B Common Stock.
Number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock as of February 22, 2010: 30,423,118 shares of
Class A Common Stock ($.0001 par value) and 1,392,107 shares of Class B Common Stock ($.0001 par value).
Part III of this Annual Report incorporates by reference certain information from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the
2010 annual meeting of shareholders, which the registrant will file pursuant to Regulation 14A with the Securities and Exchange
Commission not later than 120 days after the close of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 29, 2009.