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    Ascent Industries Co. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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    acnt-20250630
    0000095953false00000959532025-06-302025-06-30

    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): June 30, 2025

    Ascent Logo.jpg

    Ascent Industries Co.
    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
    Delaware0-1968757-0426694
    (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    20 N. Martingale Rd,Suite 430,
    Schaumburg,Illinois60173
    (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
    (630)884-9181
    (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
    Inapplicable
    (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)
    ☐    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 classTrading SymbolName of exchange on which registered
    Common Stock, par value $1.00 per shareACNTNASDAQ Global Market

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §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 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

    Credit Facility Amendment
    On June 30, 2025, Ascent Industries Co. ("Ascent") entered into a Limited Consent, Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Omnibus Amendment to Loan Documents with BMO Bank N.A. and the other lenders under Ascent’s credit facility (the “Credit Facility Amendment”). The Credit Facility Amendment contains a consent for the previously announced American Stainless Tubing, LLC ("ASTI") divestiture, released the lien on the assets of ASTI and removed ASTI as a loan party. The maximum revolving loan commitment under the credit facility remains $30 million with an interest rate margin of between 1.85% and 2.35%, depending on average availability under the credit facility and Ascent’s consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio.

    Master Lease Amendment
    On June 30, 2025, Ascent and Store Master Funding XII, LLC, entered into a Sixth Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement (the "Sixth Master Lease") to remove the ASTI facility and reduce the Company's rent pursuant to the Fifth Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement between the parties dated April 4, 2025.

    Item 2.01    Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

    As previously reported on June 23, 2025, Ascent and its wholly-owned subsidiary American Stainless Tubing, LLC. ("ASTI") entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which they sold substantially all of the assets related to ASTI to First Tube, LLC., a Texas limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Triple-S Steel Holdings, Inc (the “Purchaser”). The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and limited indemnification by Ascent and ASTI. On June 30, 2025, the Company and Purchaser completed the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. The consideration for the transaction was approximately $16 million of cash proceeds subject to certain closing adjustments.

    On June 30, 2025, Ascent issued a press release relating to the completion of the transaction. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report of Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

    The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to (a) the other items of this Current Report on Form 8-K and (b) the Purchase Agreement which is incorporated by reference herewith as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K on June 25, 2025. A copy of the Purchase Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the parties. In particular, the Purchase Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that were made as of specific dates and only for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and are qualified by information included in confidential disclosure schedules. Moreover, certain representations, warranties and covenants in the Purchase Agreement were made for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, the representations, warranties and covenants in the Purchase Agreement should not be relied upon as characterizations of the actual state of facts about the parties to the agreement.

    Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

    The information included under Item 1.01 of this report is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

    Forward Looking Statements

    This report may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable federal securities laws. All statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements can be identified through the use of words such as “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “expect,” “believe,” “should,” “anticipate,” “hope,” “optimistic,” “plan,” “outlook,” “should,” “could,” “may” and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and to review the risks as set forth in more detail in Ascent Industries Co.’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which filings are available from the SEC or on our website. Ascent Industries Co. assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information included in this report.




    Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    (d) Exhibits
    Exhibit NumberDescription
    2.1*
    Asset Purchase Agreement by and among First Tube, LLC., American Stainless Tubing, LLC., and Ascent Industries Co. dated as of June 23, 2025, incorporated by reference to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2025
    10.1*
    Limited Consent, Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Omnibus Amendment to Loan Documents with BMO Bank N.A. and the other lenders party thereto as of June 30, 2025
    10.2
    Sixth Amended and Restated Master Lease Agreement dated June 30, 2025 between Registrant and Store Master Funding XII, LLC
    99.1
    Press Release dated June 30, 2025
    104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
    *Portions of the exhibit, marked by brackets, have been omitted because the omitted information (i) is not material and (ii) is the type that the Company treats as private or confidential. Pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K, certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted. The registrant undertakes to furnish the omitted information and schedules upon request by the SEC.



    SIGNATURE
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

    ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
    Dated: July 2, 2025By: /s/ Ryan Kavalauskas
    Ryan Kavalauskas
    Chief Financial Officer



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