0001437749-19-012433.txt : 20190621 0001437749-19-012433.hdr.sgml : 20190621 20190621162034 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-19-012433 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190617 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20190621 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190621 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRAWFORD UNITED Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000047307 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823] IRS NUMBER: 340288470 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00147 FILM NUMBER: 19911755 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10514 DUPONT AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44108 BUSINESS PHONE: 2165418060 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10514 DUPONT AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44108 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HICKOK INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950328 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 hicka20190620_8k.htm FORM 8-K hicka20190620_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): June 17, 2019

 

 

Crawford United Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio

 

000-00147

 

34-0288470

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

10514 Dupont Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio

 

44108

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(216) 541-8060

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Hickok Incorporated

(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):

 

☐

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))

 

☐

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

 

 
 

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 17, 2019, Edward F. Crawford advised Crawford United Corporation (the “Company”) of his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective as of June 17, 2019, as a result of Mr. Crawford’s confirmation by the United States Senate as the United States Ambassador to Ireland.

 

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. Crawford’s resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit

 

 99.1

Press Release dated June 21, 2019

 

2
 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

CRAWFORD UNITED CORPORATION

 

 

Date: June 21, 2019

/s/ Kelly J. Marek

 

Name: Kelly J. Marek

 

Its: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

3
 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit
 

 

99.1

Press Release dated June 21, 2019.

 

4

 EX-99.1 2 ex_148199.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex_148199.htm

Exhibit 99.1

 

Contact:

Brian E. Powers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

CRAWFORD UNITED CORPORATION

10514 Dupont Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44108

216-496-3238

 

 

 

 

June 21, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CRAWFORD UNITED  ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION OF EDWARD CRAWFORD AS DIRECTOR

 

CLEVELAND, OHIO, June 21, 2019 – Crawford United Corporation (OTC Pink: CRAWA), a Cleveland-based holding company serving diverse markets, announced that Mr. Edward F. Crawford has resigned as a Board Member, effective June 17, 2019, to assume the responsibility as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. Mr. Crawford has served as a Board Member since 2012.

 

Mr. Crawford stated, “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the stakeholders for supporting a vision resulting in the evolution of a great Company.” Brian E. Powers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank Mr. Crawford for his vision, leadership, and guidance in building Crawford United Corporation.”

 

About Crawford United Corporation. Crawford United Corporation is a publicly-traded holding company serving diverse markets, including healthcare, aerospace, education, and petrochemical.

 

Information about Forward Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements made regarding the company’s future results. Generally, these statements can be identified by the use of words such as “guidance,” “outlook,” “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “seeks,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results and events may differ significantly from those anticipated as a result of risks and uncertainties, including deterioration of or instability in the economy, the markets the Company serves and the financial markets, developments and uncertainties in U.S. laws and policy, decreased availability or increased costs of materials used in producing the Company’s products, contractions or growth rates and seasonality or cyclicality of markets the Company serves, competition, loss of any key customer, the Company’s ability to successfully integrate the businesses it acquires and achieve the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions,  the impact of divestitures and dispositions, the impact of the Company’s debt obligations on its operations and liquidity, as well as the risks described from time to time in the company’s reports as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of the Company and its forward-looking statements is included in its most recent Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as may be required by law. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

 

Contact:

Brian E. Powers, 216-496-3238