RICHFOOD HOLDINGS INC
8-A12G/A, 1998-03-02
GROCERIES & RELATED PRODUCTS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                               Amendment No. 1 to

                                    FORM 8-A

                 FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASS OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                             Richfood Holdings, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

               Virginia                                  54-1438602
         (State of Incorporation                      (I.R.S. Employer
             or Organization)                        Identification No.)



             4860 Cox Road, Suite 300, Glen Allen, Virginia            23060
         (Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
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       If this form relates to the registration                  If this form relates to the registration
       of a class of securities pursuant to                      of a class of securities pursuant to
       Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is                  Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is
       effective pursuant to General                             effective pursuant to General
       Instruction A.(c), please check the                       Instruction A.(d), please check the
       following box.  [  ]                                      following box.  [x]


Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  _______________________
                                                                                    (If applicable)
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class                              Name of each exchange on which
 to be registered:                               each class is to be registered:

       None

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

Warrants to purchase                                 Nasdaq SmallCap Market
common stock




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Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to Be Registered.

         This  Registration  Statement  relates to warrants (the  "Warrants") to
purchase an  aggregate of 1,500,000  shares of common  stock,  without par value
(the "Common Stock"),  of Richfood Holdings,  Inc., a Virginia  corporation (the
"Registrant").

         As of November 26, 1997, the Registrant entered into a definitive Asset
Purchase Agreement pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant
will acquire  substantially all of the assets and assume certain  liabilities of
Farm Fresh,  Inc., a privately held supermarket chain  headquartered in Norfolk,
Virginia (the "Farm Fresh  Acquisition").  A portion of the purchase price is to
consist  of  the  Warrants.  The  following  discussion  of  certain  terms  and
provisions  of the  Warrants is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to the
detailed  provisions  of the  Warrant  Agreement,  which is filed as an  exhibit
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

         Upon issuance,  each Warrant will entitle the registered  owner thereof
to purchase one share of Common  Stock at an exercise  price of $25.00 per share
(the  "Exercise  Price"),  subject to adjustment  upon the occurrence of certain
events discussed below. The Warrants will expire on the fifth anniversary of the
closing date of the Farm Fresh  Acquisition  (the "Expiration  Date"),  which is
expected  to  occur in  early  March  1998.  Prior  to the  registration  of the
Warrants, the Registrant had no warrants outstanding.

         The Warrants will be protected  against  dilution in the event that the
Registrant  (i)  effects a stock  split or a reverse  stock  split,  (ii) pays a
dividend or other  distribution  on its Common  Stock in the form of  additional
shares of Common Stock or (iii) issues rights, options or warrants to holders of
shares of Common Stock  entitling them to purchase  additional  shares of Common
Stock at less than the  then-current  market price per share.  In the event that
the Registrant  distributes to all holders of Common Stock any shares of capital
stock of the Registrant (other than Common Stock), evidences of its indebtedness
or other rights,  options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
capital stock of the  Registrant  (other than Common Stock and  excluding  those
rights,  options or warrants  described  in the  preceding  sentence),  or other
assets, other than cash dividends (collectively,  the "Property"), then, in each
such case,  (i) unless  the  Registrant  elects to  reserve  such  Property  for
distribution to the Warrantholders upon the exercise of the Warrants so that any
such holder exercising his Warrants will receive upon such exercise, in addition
to the shares of Common Stock to which such holder is  entitled,  the amount and
kind of such  Property  that such holder would have received if such holder had,
immediately  prior to the  record  date for the  distribution  of the  Property,
exercised  the Warrants,  the Exercise  Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price  determined by  multiplying  the Exercise  Price in effect
immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction,  the numerator
of which shall be the  then-current  market price per share of Common Stock less
the then  fair  market  value of the  portion  of the  Property  so  distributed
allocable to one share of Common Stock,  and the  denominator  of which shall be
the  then-current  market price per share of Common Stock or (ii),  in the event
that the then fair market value of the Property allocable to one share of Common
Stock is equal to or exceeds  the  current  market  price of one share of Common
Stock, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment,  adequate provision shall be made so
that each  Warrantholder  shall have the right to receive the amount and kind of
Property  such holder would have  received  had he  exercised  each such Warrant
immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Property.

          If the Registrant (i) pays any cash dividend or (ii)  repurchases  any
shares of Common Stock at a per share  premium to the then current  market price
per share (a "Repurchase Premium") which, in either instance, when combined with
all cash dividends and Repurchase  Premiums paid by the Registrant after January
10, 1998 exceeds the sum of (A)  $35,000,000,  plus (B) 50% of the  Registrant's
consolidated net income after January 10, 1998 (an "Excess  Distribution"),  the
Exercise  Price shall be  adjusted by  multiplying  the  Exercise  Price then in
effect by a  fraction,  (i) the  numerator  of which  shall equal (Y) the market
price per share of the Common Stock on the record date for such  dividend or the
effective date of such repurchase minus (Z) the quotient obtained by dividing an
amount equal to the Excess  Distribution by the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding  on such  record date or  immediately  after  giving  effect to such
repurchase,  and (ii) the  denominator of which shall equal the market price per
share of Common Stock on such record or effective date.

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         No adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be required until  cumulative
adjustments amount to 1% or more of the Exercise Price as last adjusted.

         In the case of any (i)  reclassification  or change in the  outstanding
shares of Common Stock, (ii)  consolidation,  merger or combination to which the
Registrant  is a party (other than a  consolidation,  merger or  combination  in
which the Registrant is the surviving  corporation  and which does not result in
the  reclassification  or change in the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock) or
(iii) sale, conveyance or lease of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets of the  Registrant as a result of which the holders of Common Stock shall
become  entitled to receive  stock,  securities  or other  property or assets in
exchange for Common Stock,  the holders of Warrants  shall have the right,  upon
exercise of the  Warrants,  to convert the Warrants  into the kind and amount of
shares of stock and other securities and property or assets receivable upon such
reclassification,  change, consolidation,  merger, combination, sale, conveyance
or lease as would be  received  by a holder  of the  number  of shares of Common
Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of  the  Warrants  immediately  prior  to  such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease.

         The holders of the Warrants, as such, are not entitled to vote, receive
dividends  or to exercise  any of the rights of holders of Common  Stock for any
purpose until such Warrants have been duly exercised and payment of the Exercise
Price shall have been made.

         The Warrants will be issued in accordance with an Order, dated February
20, 1998,  Approving  Disclosure  Statement,  Confirming  Debtor's Joint Plan of
Reorganization,  and Approving  Asset  Purchase  Agreement,  which was issued in
connection with the Joint Plan of  Reorganization  filed by Farm Fresh, Inc. and
its parent, FF Holdings  Corporation,  in the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the  District  of  Delaware  on January 7, 1998,  pursuant  to Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy  Code.  Accordingly,  the  offer  and  sale of the  Warrants  and the
underlying  Common Stock issuable upon the exercise  thereof will be exempt from
the  registration  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  as  amended,
pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.


Item 2.  Exhibits.

*1.      Form of Warrant  Agreement  between Richfood  Holdings,  Inc. and First
         Union  National  Bank of  North  Carolina,  including  form of  Warrant
         Certificate.

*Previously filed.

                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934,  as amended,  the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement on Form 8-A to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized.





                                         Richfood Holdings, Inc.



Dated: February  27, 1998                By: /s/ John C. Belknap
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                                              John C. Belknap
                                              Executive Vice President, Chief
                                              Financial Officer and Secretary




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