Form 8-K

Date: August 29, 2016

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY

/s/ Brian P. Lynch

Brian P. Lynch

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and

Corporate Secretary

8-K 1 d245957d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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): August 29, 2016

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

1-10962

95-3797580

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008-7328

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(760) 931-1771

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.*

On August 29, 2016, Callaway Golf Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Toulon Design. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by this reference. The acquisition is expected to have only a minimal impact on the Company’s financial results in 2016 and the estimated impact is already included in the Company’s financial guidance provided on July 27, 2016.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

(d)

Exhibits.

The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:


Exhibit 99.1		Press release, dated August 29, 2016, captioned “Callaway Golf Company Acquires Toulon Design.”

The information furnished under Item 7.01 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.