On May 12, 2009 (the "Closing Date"), Ingles Markets, Incorporated (the "Company") completed its previously announced offering of its unsecured Senior Notes due 2017 (the "Notes") in a private transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The offering was increased to an aggregate principal amount of $575 million from a previously announced offering size of $500 million. The Notes bear interest at 8 7/8% and were issued at a price of 96.548%.

On the Closing Date, in order to issue the Notes, the Company entered into an Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date (the "Indenture"), between the Company and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), among the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and BB&T, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), each of whom purchased the Notes from the Company under the related purchase agreement by and among the parties.

Also on the Closing Date, the Company entered into a new Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company and the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, as administrative agent, swing line lender and l/c issuer, Branch Banking and Trust Company, as syndication agent, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as documentation agent, and Banc of America Securities LLC, Branch Banking and Trust Company and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers. Concurrently therewith, the Company repaid in full and terminated four other lines of credit. The Credit Agreement provides for a unsecured revolving credit line of $175 million.

The Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Credit Agreement are described below. All capitalized terms used in such descriptions that are not otherwise defined therein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

Indenture

Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company issued and sold $575 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The terms of the Indenture permit the issuance from time to time of additional Notes. The material terms of the Indenture include, among others:

Ranking. The Notes are senior unsecured debt of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with the Company's other existing and future senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of the Company's existing and future subordinated debt. The Notes are effectively subordinated to the Company's existing and future secured debt to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt and are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities of each of the Company's subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes.

Guarantors. At issuance, the Notes are not guaranteed. However, if any restricted subsidiary of the Company subsequently becomes a guarantor or obligor in respect of any other indebtedness of the Company or any other restricted subsidiary, each such restricted subsidiary shall also guarantee the Notes on a senior basis.

Final Maturity Date. The Notes mature on May 15, 2017.

Interest Rate. Interest on the Notes accrues at a rate of 8 7/8% per annum. Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2009.

Optional Redemption. At any time prior to May 15, 2013, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date).

On or after May 15, 2013, the Company may redeem all or a portion of the Notes, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on the years indicated below:

                                             Redemption
                         Year                Price
                         2013                104.438%
                         2014                102.219%

In addition, at any time prior to May 15, 2012, the Company, at its option, may use the net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to an aggregate of 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to 108.875% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the rights of holders of record on relevant record dates to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date). At least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture must remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption. In order to effect this redemption, the Company must mail a notice of redemption no later than 30 days after the closing of the related Equity Offering and must complete such redemption within 60 days of the closing of the Equity Offering.

Repurchase upon Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), each holder of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes in cash at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase.

Other Covenants. The Indenture contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit or restrict the Company's ability (as well as those of the Company's restricted subsidiaries) to: incur additional debt; prepay subordinated indebtedness; pay dividends or make other distributions on, redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make investments and restricted payments; enter into transactions with affiliates; sell assets; create liens on assets to secure debt; or effect a consolidation or merger or sell all, or substantially all, of the Company's assets, in each case, subject to certain qualifications and exceptions.

Events of Default. The Indenture provides for customary events of default (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), which include nonpayment, breach of covenants in the Indenture, payment defaults or acceleration of other indebtedness, failure to pay certain judgments and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. Generally, if an event of default occurs, the Trustee or holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest, including additional interest, on all the Notes to be due and payable.

The foregoing description of the Indenture and the Notes is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture and the Notes, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, to file a registration statement with respect to a registered offer to exchange the Notes for an issue of registered notes of the Company (the "Exchange Notes") with terms identical to the Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or any annual interest rate increases as described below).

Promptly after the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") declares the exchange offer registration statement effective, the Company will offer the Exchange Notes in return for surrender of the Notes. The exchange offer will remain open for at least 30 days after the date notice of the exchange offer is sent to holders. For each Note surrendered to the Company under the exchange offer, the holder will receive an Exchange Note of equal principal amount. Interest on each Exchange Note will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from the issue date of the Notes (the "Issue Date").

If applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit the Company to effect the exchange offer, or under certain other circumstances, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause to become effective a shelf registration statement relating to resales of the Notes and to keep that shelf . . .

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated into this Item 2.03.