-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NEX3pIOAKtWqF4G2CKuKHh0kBDhl0LWdNYdU0cBN/+EXwZJgJey+HTnNsAMvwfA7 Y/dAMFDcAvBr7Xr9FOBDRQ== 0000914317-04-002571.txt : 20040630 0000914317-04-002571.hdr.sgml : 20040630 20040630114207 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914317-04-002571 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040629 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040630 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RONSON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000084919 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890] IRS NUMBER: 220743290 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01031 FILM NUMBER: 04890463 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CORPORATE PARK III CAMPUS DR STREET 2: PO BOX 6707 CITY: SOMERSET STATE: NJ ZIP: 08875-6707 BUSINESS PHONE: 7324698300 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ART METAL WORKS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680429 8-K 1 form8k-61518_ronson.txt SECURITIES & 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) June 29, 2004 ------------- RONSON CORPORATION ---------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) New Jersey 1-1031 22-0743290 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) Corporate Park III, Campus Dr., P.O. Box 6707, Somerset, NJ 08875-6707 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (732) 469-8300 -------------- Page 2 of 4 RONSON CORPORATION FORM 8-K INDEX PAGE ---- ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE 3 ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 3 Page 3 of 4 Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure On June 29, 2004, Ronson Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release in the form attached as Exhibit 99.a, which is incorporated herein by reference. The furnishing of this information shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of the information included in this current report. This information is not filed but is furnished pursuant to Regulation FD. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits a) Financial Statements: None. b) Pro Forma Financial Information: None. c) Exhibits: 99.a) Ronson Corporation Press Release dated June 29, 2004, "Court Grants Motion of Ronson Directors". 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. Ronson Corporation /s/Daryl K. Holcomb ------------------- Daryl K. Holcomb Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Treasurer Dated: June 29, 2004 EX-99.A 2 ex99-a.txt Page 4 of 4 Exhibit 99.a COURT GRANTS MOTION OF RONSON DIRECTORS Somerset, N.J., June 29, 2004 - Ronson Corporation (NASDAQ SmallCap RONC; OTC Bulletin Board RONCP). On June 21, 2004, the Superior Court of New Jersey granted the motion of the Ronson directors, over the objection of plaintiff Steel Partners II, L.P., to bifurcate the case. Ronson's directors' motion granted by the court was: (1) to separate the Ronson directors' defense based upon the report and findings of the Special Litigation Committee of the Board from the balance of the claims and defenses in the shareholder derivative suit; (2) to proceed to limited discovery of the issues pertinent to the defense based upon the Special Litigation Committee's report and findings; and (3) then to trial on the Ronson directors' defense based upon the Special Litigation Committee's report and findings. The Superior Court ruled, at the request of the Ronson directors, that trial and discovery of all claims and defenses in the derivative suit, other than the Special Litigation Committee defense, shall be held in abeyance pending trial of the Special Litigation Committee defense. COMPANY CONTACT DARYL K. HOLCOMB (732) 469-8300 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----