0001477932-15-004436.txt : 20150713 0001477932-15-004436.hdr.sgml : 20150713 20150713160541 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001477932-15-004436 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150710 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20150713 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150713 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040570 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES [7361] IRS NUMBER: 366097429 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05707 FILM NUMBER: 15985587 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 184 SHUMAN BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 420 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 BUSINESS PHONE: (630) 954-0400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 184 SHUMAN BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 420 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OSHEA CHARLES M CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19670413 8-K 1 job_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

WASHINGTON, DC 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 10, 2015

 

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES, INC.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 

Illinois

1-05707

36-6097429

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 

(Commission
File Number) 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number) 

 

184 Shuman Blvd., Ste. 420, Naperville, Illinois 

60563 

(Address of principal executive offices) 

(Zip Code) 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (630) 954-0400 

 

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: 

 

¨ 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) 

 

¨ 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) 

 

¨ 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) 

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 

 

 

 

Item 8.01

Other Event.

 

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), a provider of specialty staffing services and solutions today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), by the Company. The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 of shares of its Common Stock in connection with the offering to cover over-allotments.  

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager of the offering. Maxim Group LLC is participating as a co-manager.  

 

The Company intends to use the proceeds from this offering for working capital, acquisitions and general corporate purposes. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. 

 

A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits. 

 

Exhibit No. 

Description 

99.1 

Press release issued by General Employment Enterprises, Inc. dated July 10, 2015. 

 

 
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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, thereunto duly authorized. 

 

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES, INC. 

(Registrant) 
 

Date: July 13, 2015 

By: 

/s/ Andrew J. Norstrud

Andrew J. Norstrud 

Chief Financial Officer 

 

 

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 EX-99.1 2 job_ex991.htm PRESS RELEASE

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. Commences Public Offering  

 

NAPERVILLE, IL, July 10, 2015 -- General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE MKT: JOB) ("the Company" or "General Employment"), a provider of specialty staffing services and solutions, today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock by the Company. The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 of shares of its common stock in connection with the offering to cover over-allotments.  

 

Roth Capital Partners is acting as the sole book-running manager of the offering. Maxim Group LLC is participating as a co-manager.  

 

The Company intends to use the proceeds from this offering for working capital, acquisitions and general corporate purposes. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. 

 

The shares described above are being offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement (including a prospectus) previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is now available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.  

 

Before you invest, you should read the prospectus included in the registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and the other documents the Company has filed or will file with the SEC for more complete information about General Employment and this offering. You may obtain these documents by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, and accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, 800-678-9147. 

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. 

 

About General Employment Enterprises, Inc. 

 

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1962, is a provider of specialized staffing solutions and is the successor to employment offices doing business since 1893. The Company operates in two industry segments, providing professional staffing services and solutions, and light industrial staffing services through the names of General Employment, Ashley Ellis, Triad and Omni-One. Also, in the healthcare sector, General Employment through its Scribe Solutions brand staffs medical scribes who assist physicians in emergency departments of hospitals and in medical practices by providing required documentation for patient care in connection with electronic medical records (EMR). 

 

Forward-Looking Statements  

 

This press release includes forward looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the proposed public offering. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements relate to, among other things, the satisfaction of the conditions to closing of the offering, market conditions and such other factors as set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the other documents the Company has filed or will file with the SEC, including the Company's most recent annual reports on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in the Company's other filings with the SEC. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond General Employment's ability to control. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities laws. 

 

Contact: 

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. 

Andrew J. Norstrud, 813.803.8275 

invest@genp.com

SOURCE: General Employment Enterprises, Inc.