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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, DC 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):  January 17, 2018
 
 
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-31463
 
16-1241537
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
345 Court Street 
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
 
15108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(724) 273-3400
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 5.02.
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
(d) On January 17, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine to ten members and elected Lauren R. Hobart, the Company’s President, as a director to fill the vacancy created by the increase. Ms. Hobart will serve as a Class C director with her term expiring at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.

Ms. Hobart will not serve on any of the Board’s committees at this time. And there are no transactions between Ms. Hobart and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.





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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: January 22, 2018
By:
/s/ LEE J. BELITSKY
 
Name:
Lee J. Belitsky
 
Title:
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

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