0001437749-19-013905.txt : 20190712 0001437749-19-013905.hdr.sgml : 20190712 20190712144257 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-19-013905 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190709 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities FILED AS OF DATE: 20190712 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190712 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: 19952864 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 hicka20190701_8k.htm FORM 8-K hicka20190701_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 9, 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)

 


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.

 

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

As previously reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2018 by Crawford United Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), on July 5, 2018, the Company and First Francis Company Inc. (“First Francis”) entered into an amendment to the promissory note dated July 1, 2016, in original principal amount of $2,768,662 issued by the Company to First Francis (as amended, the “Promissory Note”) to increase the interest rate from 4.0% per annum to 6.25% per annum, and further amend the Promissory Note to provide a conversion option (the “Conversion Option”) commencing July 5, 2019. The Conversion Option allows First Francis to convert the Promissory Note, in whole or in part, into shares of the Company’s Class B common stock (the “Class B Shares”) with respect to a maximum principal amount of $648,000, at the price of $6.48 per share (subject to adjustment), and subject to shareholder approval. As previously reported in Item 5.07 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2019, the Company obtained the required shareholder approval for the Conversion Option at its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. First Francis is owned by Edward Crawford and Matthew Crawford. Matthew Crawford serves on the Board of Directors of the Company. On July 9, 2019, First Francis provided a notice to exercise the Conversion Option , as further described in Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On July 9, 2019, the Company issued 100,000 Class B Shares to First Francis following the Company’s receipt on July 9, 2019, of a notice from First Francis of its exercise of the Conversion Option in respect of $648,000 of the principal and interest amount outstanding under the Promissory Note between the Company and First Francis, thereupon retiring $623,611 of outstanding debt incurred and $24,389 of accrued interest under the Promissory Note.

 

The Company issued the Class B Shares upon conversion of $648,000 borrowed under the Promissory Note to First Francis in reliance on the exemption from registration provided for under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the issuance was made to an existing security holder, there was no consideration paid for the Class B Shares and no commission or other remuneration was paid.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRAWFORD UNITED CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: July 12, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kelly J. Marek 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Kelly J. Marek

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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