-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Q7wGPiMo7fd9SESuzqZuDLusl0J356g5jeBX05B6N597/Tyn0RjKiVDE48TOKUBk J5PjXo1GtnUWLNlbtJh4Jg== 0000909518-08-000622.txt : 20080724 0000909518-08-000622.hdr.sgml : 20080724 20080724170053 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909518-08-000622 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080723 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080724 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080724 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE RESOURCES INC /NEW/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001019272 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-METALS SERVICE CENTERS & OFFICES [5051] IRS NUMBER: 223136782 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12127 FILM NUMBER: 08968744 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PARKER PLAZA CITY: FORT LEE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07024 BUSINESS PHONE: 201-944-22 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PARKER PLAZA CITY: FORT LEE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07024 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY USA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960720 8-K 1 mm07-2408_8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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): July 23, 2008

______________

EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

______________

 

Delaware

001-12127

22-3136782

(State of Incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Parker Plaza

Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(201) 944-2200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

______________

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On July 23, 2008, Empire Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its board of directors approved a stock repurchase program. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1

Press release of Empire Resources, Inc., dated July 23, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

 

EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC.

 

 

Date: July 24, 2008

/s/ Sandra Kahn

 

Sandra Kahn

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 EX-99 2 mm07-2408_8ke991.htm

 

Exhibit 99.1

Empire Resources Announces Stock Repurchase Program for up to 2 Million Shares

Fort Lee, NJ – July 23, 2008 – Empire Resources, Inc. (AMEX: ERS), announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program for up to 2 million shares of the Company’s common stock through open market or private transactions. The timing of repurchases and number of shares repurchased will depend upon business and financial market conditions.

Empire Resources, Inc., is a distributor of a wide range of semi-finished aluminum products to customers in the transportation, automotive, housing, appliance and packaging industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Contact:

David Kronfeld

917-408-1940

dkronfeld@empireresources.com

 

 

 

 

 

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