form8k08150005_12242015.htm
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): December 22, 2015
 
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
1-2257
13-1394750
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
445 Park Avenue, Suite 2001, New York, NY
10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 243-5544
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
On December 22, 2015, Trans-Lux Corporation (the “Company”) consummated a transaction contemplated by Exchange Agreements (the “Exchange Agreements”) dated as of December 15, 2015.  The Exchange Agreements were with fourteen holders (the “Note Holders”) of the Company’s 8 ¼% Limited Convertible Senior Series Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Exchanged Notes”).  The Exchange Agreements provided that an aggregate of $457,000 of principal under the Notes would be exchanged for an aggregate of $228,500 and an aggregate of 38,082 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”).  As part of the Exchange Agreements, all of the Company’s remaining obligations under the Exchanged Notes, including the payment of interest, were terminated.  The Exchange Agreements also provide  the Note Holders with piggyback registration rights with respect to the resale of the shares of Common Stock that they received under the Exchange Agreements.
 
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

As described under Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, the Company issued 38,082 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Exchange Agreements.  Such shares were issued pursuant to the exemption provided under Section 4(2) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
 
10.1
Form of Exchange Agreement dated December 15, 2015.
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized:
 
 
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION
   
 
By:
/s/ Robert J. Conologue
   
Robert J. Conologue
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
By:
/s/ Todd Dupee
   
Todd Dupee
Vice President, Finance and Controller
 
Dated:  December 23, 2015