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): October 19, 2017
Spark Energy, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36559 | 46-5453215 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||
12140 Wickchester Ln, Ste 100
Houston, Texas 77079
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(713) 600-2600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Spark Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPKE), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend for the third quarter of 2017 in the amount of $0.18125 per share of Class A common stock. This amount represents an annualized dividend of $0.725 per share. The dividend will be paid on December 14, 2017 to holders of record of the Class A common stock on November 29, 2017.
Additionally, the Board of Directors has declared cash dividend on its 8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) in the amount of $0.546875 per share of Series A Preferred Stock. This amount represents an annualized dividend of $2.1875 per share. The dividend will be paid on January 15, 2018 to holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock on January 1, 2018.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filings.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press Release of Dividend Announcement for the Third Quarter 2017 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | |
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.
| Dated: October 19, 2017 | Spark Energy, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Gil Melman | |
| Name: | Gil Melman | |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |