UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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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 13, 2012

 

GRIFFON CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware 1-06620 11-1893410
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification Number)

 

 

712 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor    
New York, New York   10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(212) 957-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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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Item 2.02.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On November 13, Griffon Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing the Registrant’s financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and full year ended September 30, 2012. A copy of the Registrant’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)        Exhibits.

 

99.1      Press Release, dated November 13, 2012

 

The information filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is being furnished in accordance with Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

  GRIFFON CORPORATION
       
       
  By:  /s/ Douglas J. Wetmore  
        Douglas J. Wetmore  
    Executive Vice President and  
    Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

Date: November 13, 2012

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

 

99.1Press release, dated November 13, 2012