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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): November 4, 2024

 

Universal Security Instruments, Inc. 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland 001-31747 52-0898545
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

11407 Cronhill Drive, Suite A

Owings Mills, MD 21117

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

(410) 363-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
x 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))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock   UUU   NYSE MKT LLC

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

As previously reported, on October 29, 2024, Universal Security Instruments, Inc, a Maryland corporation (“USI”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and among USI, a wholly owned subsidiary of USI and Feit Electric Company, Inc., a California corporation. On November 4, 2024, USI sent information letters to its sales representatives advising them of the contemplated sale. Copies of the letters are attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)     Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number Description
   
99.1 Letters sent by Universal Security Instruments, Inc. and USI Electric, Inc. to sales representatives+
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  UNIVERSAL SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, INC.
  (Registrant)
     
     
Date: November 4, 2024 By: /s/ Harvey B. Grossblatt
    Harvey B. Grossblatt
    President

 

1

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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