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): September 19, 2017

 


 

Hickok Incorporated

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 


 

 

Ohio

0-147

34-0288470

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

10514 Dupont Avenue 

Cleveland, Ohio

44108

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(216541-8060

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(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)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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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 (§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 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

 

On September 19, 2017, the Board of Directors of Hickok Incorporated, (the “Company”) adopted a resolution to change the Company’s fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31, effective October 1, 2017. The financial results of the three month transition period from the end of the current fiscal year on September 30, 2017 until the commencement of the new fiscal year on January 1, 2018 will be reported on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The change in the Company’s fiscal year will not impact the Company’s results for the year ended December 31, 2017, nor will it impact the prior year comparability in future filings.   

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

HICKOK INCORPORATED

 

Date: September 22, 2017

 

/s/ Kelly J. Marek

 

 

 

Name: Kelly J. Marek        

 

 

 

Vice President Finance and Chief Financial

Officer