8-K 1 ful20190611_8k.htm FORM 8-K ful20190611_8k.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 11, 2019

 

H.B. Fuller Company

 (Exact Name of Company as Specified in Charter)

 

Minnesota

 

001-09225

 

41-0268370

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1200 Willow Lake Boulevard, P.O. Box 64683, St. Paul, MN

 

55164-0683

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

  

Company’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 236-5900

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last

report)

 

  

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, par value $1.00

FUL

NYSE

 


 

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 DFR 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 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 7.01.        Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On June 11, 2019, H.B. Fuller Company (the “Company”) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its surfactants, thickeners and dispersants business to Tiarco Chemical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textile Rubber and Chemical Company, Inc. A copy of the press release that discusses this matter is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated by reference in, this report.

 

 

 

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

99.1

Press Release, dated June 11, 2019, issued by H.B. Fuller Company

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

Date: June 11, 2019

 

H.B. FULLER COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

By:

        /s/ Timothy J. Keenan               

 

 

 

Timothy J. Keenan

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel

 

    and Corporate Secretary