SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GARDNER HERBERT M

(Last) (First) (Middle)
P O BOX 463

(Street)
WADING RIVER NY 11792

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SUPREME INDUSTRIES INC [ STS ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chairman of Board
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/27/2017
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 09/27/2017 U 280,289(1) D $21 0 D(2)(3)
Class B Common Stock 09/27/2017 U 587,862(4) D $21 0 D(2)(3)
Class A Common Stock 09/27/2017 U 969(1) D $21 0 I By GSMT U/W/O Mary K. Gardner(2)(3)(5)
Class B Common Stock 09/27/2017 U 66,516(4) D $21 0 I By GSMT U/W/O Mary K. Gardner(2)(3)(6)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents Class A common stock of Supreme Industries, Inc. (the "Issuer"), par value $0.10 per share ("Class A Shares"), which were disposed of pursuant to a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") by Redhawk Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wabash National Corporation ("Purchaser"), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding Class A Shares and shares of Class B common stock of the Issuer, par value $0.10 per share ("Class B Shares" and, together with Class A Shares, "Shares"), at a purchase price of $21.00 per Share in cash (the "Offer Price"), as described more fully in the Schedule 14D-9 filed by the Issuer on August 22, 2017, and as subsequently supplemented and amended. All dispositions of Shares by the reporting person in the Tender Offer were approved in advance by the Issuer's Board of Directors
2. This statement is filed by and on behalf of Herbert M. Gardner. Mr. Gardner and the Generation Skipping Marital Trust U/W/O Mary K. Gardner (the "Trust"), of which Mr. Gardner is a Co-Trustee, are the direct beneficial owners of the securities covered by this statement.
3. The reporting person states that neither the filing of this statement nor anything herein shall be deemed an admission that such person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares directly beneficially owned by the Trust, of which Mr. Gardner is a Co-Trustee.
4. Represents Class B Shares which were disposed of pursuant to the Tender Offer at the Offer Price, as described more fully in the Schedule 14D-9 filed by the Issuer on August 22, 2017, and as subsequently supplemented and amended. All dispositions of Shares by the reporting person in the Tender Offer were approved in advance by the Issuer's Board of Directors.
5. Represents Class A Shares directly beneficially owned by the Trust.
6. Represents Class B Shares directly beneficially owned by the Trust.
/s/ Julia A. Gardner, Attorney-in-Fact for Herbert M. Gardner 09/29/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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