-----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, GBrY30aLxYTNcdrDlSC/DHHsCt3l7zGuSRlIAjTiXKJVeN9UI8W1X2TYVmAGGmIW sHgbKqnWFi3ubvv6DYRxLQ== 0000914317-06-002140.txt : 20060801 0000914317-06-002140.hdr.sgml : 20060801 20060801154743 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914317-06-002140 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060724 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060801 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060801 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: 06994450 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-77077_ronc.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) July 24, 2006 ------------- 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 -------------- 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 CFR 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)) Page 2 of 4 RONSON CORPORATION FORM 8-K INDEX PAGE ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS 3 ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 3 Page 3 of 4 Item 8.01. Other Events On July 24, 2006, Ronson Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release in the form attached as Exhibit 99.a, which is incorporated herein by reference. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits a) Financial Statements: None. b) Pro Forma Financial Information: None. c) Exhibits: 99.a) Ronson Corporation Press Release dated July 24, 2006, "Court Rejects Lichtenstein's/Steel Partners Attack On Ronson's Shareholder Rights Plan". 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 Dated: July 27, 2006 EX-99.A 2 ex99-a.txt Page 4 of 4 COURT REJECTS LICHTENSTEIN'S/STEEL PARTNERS ATTACK ON RONSON'S SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN Somerset, N.J., July 24, 2006 -- Ronson Corporation (NASDAQ Capital Market RONC). On June 19, 2006, Superior Court Judge Harriet Klein rejected and dismissed derivative claims by Steel Partners II (controlled by Warren Lichtenstein) that Ronson's Shareholder Rights Plan ("poison pill") was improperly adopted by Ronson's Board of Directors. The remaining parts of the Steel Partners lawsuit will proceed on the merits. A Ronson spokesman said that the Company and its directors and management are confident in the outcome, regretting only the "unnecessary expenditure of funds and interference with management's attention to Ronson's improving business caused by Lichtenstein's unwarranted and self-interested attacks and activities similar to those noted as recently as July 22, 2006 in the New York Times financial pages." -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----