Blue Bird (BLBD) 8-K Other Events

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): December 14, 2023

BLUE BIRD CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-36267	46-3891989
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3290 Arkwright Road

2nd Floor

Macon, Georgia 31210

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(478) 822-2801

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value	BLBD	NASDAQ Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 14, 2023, Blue Bird Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with School Bus Holdings Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc., the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) and the selling shareholder named therein (the “Selling Shareholder”), pursuant to which the Selling Shareholder agreed to sell 2,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company to the Underwriters at a purchase price of $25.10 per share (the “Offering”). The Offering closed on December 19, 2023. The Company did not sell any shares in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the Offering.

The Offering is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated December 14, 2023, to the prospectus, dated December 22, 2021, included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-261858), which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2021.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and includes the terms and conditions for the sale of the shares by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters, indemnification and contribution obligations and other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2023, by and among Blue Bird Corporation, School Bus Holdings Inc., the Selling Shareholder, BofA Securities, Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Ted Scartz
Name:	Ted Scartz
Title:	Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Date: December 19, 2023