8-K 1 form8k-24787_esp.htm 8-K

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
September 21, 2020

 

.ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

  001-04383
(Commission File Number)
 

14-1387171

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

233 Ballston Avenue, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(518) 584-4100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock $.33-1/3 par value        ESP NYSE American
Common Stock Purchase Rights   NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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.

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On September 17, 2020 the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Bylaws of the Company (new Section 15 of Article II) to allow for the authorization of the implementation of reasonable measures to provide for shareholders not physically present at a shareholders’ meeting to participate in such meeting. The amendment provides that voting shall be permitted only by means of attending the meeting in person or through the delivery of a proxy in advance of the meeting.

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On September 21, 2020 Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. issued a press release announcing that the Company's Board of Directors had declared regular dividend of $0.25 per share for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The information in this report shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Document
  3.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws
99.1 Press Release dated September 21, 2020

 

 

SIGNATURES

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:  September 21, 2020  

ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP.

 

  By: /s/ David O’Neil
   

David O’Neil

Principal Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

 

 

 

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