Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On May 27, 2009, A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (the "Company") completed a $10.0 million private placement. The Company will use the proceeds for general working capital purposes.
The Company and Glenhill Special Opportunities Master Fund LLC, an affiliate of Glenhill Capital Management, LLC (the "Investor"), a shareholder of the Company prior to this transaction, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") and a Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") on May 27, 2009 (the "closing date"). The material terms of each of these Agreements are described below.
The Purchase Agreement provided for the purchase by the Investor of 4,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock priced at $2.50 per share (the "purchased shares"). The Purchase Agreement contains terms, conditions, representations and warranties customary for this type of transaction. For two years from the closing date, the Investor has the right to participate in any issuance by the Company up to an amount equal to the Investor's pro rata percentage holdings of the Company's total outstanding common stock on the same terms, conditions and prices provided for in any such issuance. The Company also agreed that, until the registration statement is declared effective (as described below), the Company will not issue or enter into any agreement to issue equity, other than pursuant to employee stock incentive programs. The Company issued the purchased shares upon reliance of exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") within 30 days from the closing date covering the resale of the shares purchased by the Investor in the private placement. If the registration statement is not declared effective by the SEC within 90 calendar days after filing or ceases to be effective for more than 60 consecutive calendar days or an aggregate of 90 calendar days in any 12-month period, then after each month of non-compliance the Company is required to issue to the Investor the number of shares of its common stock equal to 2.0% of the purchased shares (the "additional shares") up to 6.0%. However, the additional shares together with the purchased shares may not exceed 19.99% of the Company's issued and outstanding shares of common stock immediately prior to the closing. This summary of the provisions of the Agreements is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 attached to this Report, each of which are incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 27, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the private placement. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 27, 2009. 10.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated May 27, 2009. 99.1 Press release dated May 27, 2009.

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