0001437749-11-007544.txt : 20111013 0001437749-11-007544.hdr.sgml : 20111013 20111013164913 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-11-007544 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111013 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20111013 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111013 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000010329 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WOOD HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, (NO UPHOLSTERED) [2511] IRS NUMBER: 540135270 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00209 FILM NUMBER: 111140008 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 626 CITY: BASSETT STATE: VA ZIP: 24055 BUSINESS PHONE: 5406296209 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MAIN ST STREET 2: P O BOX 626 CITY: BASSETT STATE: VA ZIP: 24055 8-K 1 bassett_8k-101311.htm FORM 8-K bassett_8k-101311.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) October 13, 2011
 
 
BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
         
VIRGINIA
  
0-209
  
54-0135270
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
(Commission File No.)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
     
3525 FAIRYSTONE PARK HIGHWAY
BASSETT, VIRGINIA
  
24055
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 276/629-6000
  
(Former name or former 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):
 
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Item 5.02
 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
 
(d) Director Election
 
Effective October 11, 2011, the Board elected J. Walter McDowell as a director. Mr. McDowell was elected to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter if re-elected until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. McDowell was elected upon the recommendation of the Organization, Compensation and Nominating Committee of the Board.  The Board has not made a determination as to a Board committee on which Mr. McDowell will serve. Mr. McDowell will receive compensation for his Board service as a non-employee director consistent with the Company’s director compensation program as described in the Company’s most recent proxy statement.  Mr. McDowell has been a private investor and business consultant since 2007. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. McDowell was CEO of Carolinas/Virginia Banking at Wachovia Corporation, where his career spanned 35 years.


Item 8.01
Other Events
 
On October 13, 2011 Bassett Furniture Industries issued a news release relating to the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend of $0.035 per share on outstanding common stock payable on December 1, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business November 15, 2011.  A copy of the news release with this information is attached to the report as Exhibit 99.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 99            News release issued by Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. on October 13, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
  
         
Date:  October 13, 2011   
By:
     /s/ J. Michael Daniel    
  J. Michael Daniel    
  Title:      Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer    
         
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Description
 
Exhibit No. 99      News release issued by Bassett Furniture Industries on October 13, 2011.

 

 

 EX-99 2 ex99.htm EXHIBIT 99 ex99.htm

Exhibit 99

 
                                                                                       
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.  J. Michael Daniel, Vice President
P.O. Box 626
and Chief Accounting Officer
Bassett, VA 24055
(276) 629-6614 – Investors
   
 
Jay S. Moore, Director of
Communications
For Immediate Release    (276) 629-6450 – Media
   
 
 
 
Bassett Furniture News Release
Bassett Declares Dividend Increase of $0.005 Per Share
(Bassett, Va.) – October 13, 2011 – Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:  BSET) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.035 per share on outstanding common stock payable on December 1, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business November 15, 2011.  This represents an increase of $0.005 over the regular dividend paid on September 1, 2011.

Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:BSET), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of high quality, mid-priced home furnishings.  For more information, visit the Company’s website at bassettfurniture.com. (BSET-G)
 
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