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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): February 08, 2024

 

 

Myers Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Ohio

001-8524

34-0778636

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

1293 South Main Street

 

Akron, Ohio

 

44301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (330) 253-5592

 

 

(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:

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, without par value

 

MYE

 

New York Stock Exchange

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.

 


Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On February 8, 2024, Myers Industries, Inc. (the "Company") completed its previously announced merger with Signature CR Intermediate Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Signature”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 29, 2023, by and among the Company, as Purchaser, Signature, Myers Subsidiary I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), certain Executory Sellers, and Signature Holdco, LLC, solely in its capacity as the representative of the Securityholders as set forth in the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger on February 8, 2024, Merger Sub merged with and into Signature (the “Merger”), with Signature as the surviving entity in the Merger.

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company acquired Signature for aggregate consideration of $350,000,000.

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 8, 2024 the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing the completion of the Merger.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Current Report on Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Furthermore, the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The financial statements required by this Item 9.01(a) will be filed by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date on which this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The pro forma financial information required by this Item 9.01(b) will be filed by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date on which this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number

Description

2.1*

Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 29, 2023 by and among Signature CR Intermediate Holdco, Inc., Myers Subsidiary I, Inc., Myers Industries, Inc., certain Executory Sellers Signatories, and Signature CR Holdco, LLC, solely in its capacity as the representative of the Securityholders as set forth in the Merger Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 2, 2024)*

99.1

Press Release dated February 8, 2024

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

*Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted from this filing. The registrant agrees to furnish the Commission on a supplemental basis a copy of any omitted provisions, exhibit or schedule.


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.

 

 

 

Myers Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 8, 2024

By:

/s/ Grant E. Fitz

 

 

 

Grant E. Fitz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer