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): July 21, 2014

Aetrium Incorporated

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 770-2000

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On July 21, 2014, Aetrium Incorporated (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Lone Star Value Co-Invest I, LP (“LSV Co-Invest”) pursuant to which LSV Co-Invest purchased, for $2.5 million in cash, an unsecured promissory note made by the Company in the principal amount of $2.5 million (the “Note”), bearing interest at 10.0% per annum, with interest payable semiannually and any unpaid principal and interest due on April 1, 2019. The Company may prepay the Note at any time after a specified amount of advance notice to LSV Co-Invest.

The Note provides for customary events of default, the occurrence of any of which may result in the principal and unpaid interest then outstanding becoming immediately due and payable.

The foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and the Note are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which are filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Lone Star Value Investors, LP (“LSVI”), an affiliate of LSV Co-Invest, owns 60,588 shares of the Company’s common stock, or approximately 5.6% of the shares outstanding, and holds a promissory note of the Company, dated April 1, 2014, in the original principal amount of $6,000,000, and a convertible promissory note of the Company, dated April 1, 2014, in the original principal amount of $500,000, convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock. Jeffrey E. Eberwein, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star Value Management, LLC, the investment manager of LSVI, and is the manager of Lone Star Value Investors GP, LLC, the general partner of LSVI and LSV Co-Invest.

The Company’s entry into the Agreement was approved by a Special Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors consisting solely of independent directors.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 regarding the Note is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

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.

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