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 11, 2020

NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

200 Vesey Street, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10281

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 417-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 11, 2020, National Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) completed its previously announced acquisition of all of the outstanding equity interests (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”) of Financial Services International Corporation, a Washington corporation (“FSIC”), United Advisor Services, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“UAS”) and United Advisors, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“UA” and collectively with FSIC and UAS, the “Group Companies”) pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2020 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among United Atlantic Capital, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“Seller”), Mark H. Penske (“MHP”), (iii) Darin Pope (“DP” and collectively with Seller and MHP, the “Selling Parties”) and (iv) the Company. The transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Transactions.”

At the closing of the Transactions (the “Closing”), the Company acquired the Purchased Shares for a closing payment of $3.0 million paid in cash. Under the Purchase Agreement, the Selling Parties are entitled to additional consideration of up to approximately $4.5 million paid in twelve equal quarterly installment payments in cash (the “Additional Cash Purchase Price”), subject to certain adjustments as more fully described in Item 5 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 13, 2020, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and the Transactions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 13, 2020 as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for the purposes of the Purchase Agreement, were made as of specific dates, were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and may not have been intended to be statements of fact but, rather, as a method of allocating risk and governing the contractual rights and relationships among the parties thereto.

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.