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

 

September 9, 2018

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   1-13906   47-0587703
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission   (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)   File No.)   Identification Number)

 

11422 Miracle Hills Drive, Suite 300    
Omaha, Nebraska   68154
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(402) 453-4444

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 9, 2018, Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Agreement”) with Fundamental Global Investors, LLC, pursuant to which the Company sold 1,147,087 shares of common stock of BK Technologies, Inc. to funds managed by, and other affiliates of, Fundamental Global Investors, LLC, at a price of $3.95 per share, which represented the immediately preceding closing price on the NYSE American stock exchange. The gross proceeds to the Company were approximately $4,530,994. Kyle Cerminara, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Partner of Fundamental Global Investors, LLC, and Lewis Johnson, a director of the Company, is the President, Co-Founder and Partner of Fundamental Global Investors, LLC. The transaction was approved by the Audit Committee of the Company, comprised of only independent directors.

 

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Letter Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2018, by and between Ballantyne Strong, Inc. and Fundamental Global Investors, LLC.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.
     
Date: September 12, 2018 By: /s/ Lance V. Schulz
    Lance V. Schulz
    Chief Financial Officer