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): May 1, 2005
CASEY’S GENERAL STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
| 0-12788 | 42-0935283 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Convenience Blvd., Ankeny, Iowa | 50021 | |
| (Address of principal executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
515/965-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NONE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Under the Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) approved by the shareholders of the Company on September 15, 1995, all Eligible Non-Employee Directors of the Company (defined in the Plan to mean any person who has served as a non-employee director of the Company during the fiscal year preceding an Annual Award Date (May 1 of each year) and is a non-employee director on the last day of such fiscal year) are awarded an option on each May 1st to purchase 2,000 shares of Common Stock. The purchase price per share with respect to each option is the average of the last reported sales prices of the Common Stock on the last trading day of each of the twelve months preceding the award of the option. In accordance with the Plan, each of Messrs. Haynie, Fitzgibbon, Taylor, Danos, Kimball and Lamberti and Ms. Sullivan received, as of May 1, 2005, an option to purchase 2,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price calculated to be $17.64 per share. A copy of the form of Grant of Stock Option to be executed by the Company and each of said Directors is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.27 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (c) | Exhibits. |
The exhibit accompanying this report is listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 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.
| CASEY’S GENERAL STORES, INC. | ||||
| Date: May 3, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ William J. Walljasper | ||
| William J. Walljasper | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 10.27 | Form of Grant of Stock Option entered into under Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan |
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