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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
September 27, 2024
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
ULTRALIFE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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000-20852
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16-1387013
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(State of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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2000 Technology Parkway, Newark, New York 14513
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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(315) 332-7100
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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):
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share
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ULBI
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NASDAQ Stock Market
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 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
Stock Purchase Agreement for Shares of Electrochem Solutions, Inc.
On September 27, 2024, Ultralife Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Ultralife” or the “Company”), entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with Greatbatch Ltd., a New York corporation (the “Seller”) and a subsidiary of Integer Holdings Corporation, relating to the acquisition by the Company of all the issued and outstanding shares of Electrochem Solutions, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Electrochem”), for a purchase price of $50 million (the “Acquisition”). The Agreement is subject to customary working capital adjustments at its closing.
The Company expects to fund the purchase price for the Acquisition through borrowings under credit facilities currently being amended with the Company’s primary lender.
The Agreement contains customary terms and conditions including representations and warranties, subject to a mutually acceptable buyer-side representation and warranty insurance policy obtained by the Company, the cost of which is being shared equally between the Company and Seller.
The Agreement contemplates closing of the Acquisition by the end of October 2024.
The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Agreement has been filed to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms, provisions, conditions, and covenants and is not intended to provide any other factual information respecting the Company or its subsidiaries. In particular the Agreement contains representations and warranties made to and solely for the benefit of the parties thereto. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties may be qualified or modified by information in disclosure schedules that the parties have exchanged in connection with executing the Agreement. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreement. Any such subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. Accordingly, investors and security holders should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Agreement as characterizations of the actual state of any fact or facts.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD
On September 30, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished to and not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed as incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent specifically provided in any such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financials and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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.
Date: October 3, 2024
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ULTRALIFE CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Philip A. Fain
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Philip A. Fain
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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