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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
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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)
February 21, 2018
FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
The Cayman Islands 
1-14706
N/A 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited
190 Elgin Avenue
George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9005
Cayman Islands

(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Office)
(305) 520-8400
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
Please send copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission to:
c/o Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
241 Sevilla Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida  33134
(Address of Registrant's U.S. Executive Office)

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))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐





Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
On February 21, 2018, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors, at its February 21, 2018 board meeting, approved a three-year share repurchase program of up to $300 million of the Company's ordinary shares, which will expire on February 21, 2021. The share repurchase program announced on February 21, 2018 is in addition to the Company's existing three-year repurchasing program of $300 million, which is set to expire on July 29, 2018.

 
A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
    
  
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
    
 99.1 Press Release dated February 21, 2018.
 









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.
 
 
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 21, 2018
 
By:
/s/ Richard Contreras
 
 
 
Richard Contreras
 
 
Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer