13D Filing: Carlson Capital and Vitamin Shoppe Inc. (VSI)

This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (this Amendment
No. 6) relates to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Shares), of Vitamin Shoppe, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Issuer), and amends the Schedule 13D filed on
April 22, 2015, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on July 31, 2015, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on October 13, 2015, Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on January 12, 2016, Amendment No. 4 thereto filed
on February 24, 2016 and Amendment No. 5 thereto filed on February 21, 2017 (the Original Schedule 13D and, together with this Amendment No. 6, the Schedule 13D). Capitalized terms used and
not defined in this Amendment No. 6 have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D.

This Amendment No. 6 is being
filed to amend Item 5 of the Schedule 13D as set forth below. As set forth below, none of the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Common Shares. The filing of this Amendment No. 6 represents the final
amendment to the Schedule 13D and constitutes an exit filing for the Reporting Persons.

Items 5(a)-(c) and (e) of the Schedule
13D are amended and restated as follows:

(a) and (b)

The Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own in the aggregate 1,182,035 Common Shares. Based upon a total of 23,789,852 Common
Shares outstanding as of July 21, 2017, as reported in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 1, 2017, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 9, 2017, the Reporting Persons shares represent approximately 4.97% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Carlson Capital, Asgard II, Asgard I and Mr. Carlson have the power to vote and direct the disposition of (i) the 753,917 Common
Shares reported herein as owned by DOF, (ii) the 303,999 Common Shares reported herein as owned by ROF, (iii) the 57,267 Common Shares reported herein as owned by RVC, and (iv) the 66,852 Common Shares reported herein as owned by OFF.
As of August 9, 2017, AOF no longer may be deemed to beneficially own any Common Shares.

(c) Information concerning transactions in
the Common Shares effected by the Reporting Persons in the past sixty (60) days is set forth in Appendix A hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

(e) The Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Common Shares as of August 10, 2017.

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