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): September 20, 2018

 

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc.

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		1-14120		52-1611421
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

One Jake Brown Road, Old Bridge, New Jersey  08857

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 679-4000

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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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).

 

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed, on August 3, 2018, Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement of Sale (the “Sale Agreement”) with Jake Brown Rd LLC (the “Buyer”), providing for the sale by the Company of its Old Bridge, New Jersey facility (the “Old Bridge Facility”), which houses the Company’s principal manufacturing, engineering, sales and administrative functions, to the Buyer. One of the conditions to the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement is Buyer’s completion of certain due diligence matters. Buyer has requested, and the Company has agreed, to extend the due diligence period under the Sale Agreement (the “Extension”) until the close of business on October 4, 2018.

 

The foregoing description of the Extension is qualified in its entirety by reference to the letter agreement acknowledging the Extension, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

“Safe Harbor” Statement

 

The information set forth above includes “forward-looking” statements and accordingly, the cautionary statements contained in Blonder Tongue's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (See Item 1: Business, Item 1A: Risk Factors, Item 3: Legal Proceedings and Item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference. The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “project”, “target”, “intend”, “plan”, “seek”, “estimate”, “endeavor”, “should”, “could”, “may” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections for our future financial performance, our anticipated growth trends, if any, in our business, our expected use of the proceeds of the transactions described herein and other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof. Blonder Tongue undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Blonder Tongue's actual results may differ from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in Blonder Tongue's “forward-looking” statements.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed herewith:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Extension Letter Agreement.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

	BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Eric Skolnik
		Eric Skolnik
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 21, 2018

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Extension Letter Agreement.