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STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. |
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| 1 (a) NAME
OF ISSUER (Please type
or print) Acme United Corporation |
(b) IRS
IDENT. NO. 06-0236700 |
(c) S.E.C.
FILE NO. 01-07698 |
WORK LOCATION |
| 1 (d)
ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET 60 Round Hill Road |
CITY STATE Fairfield CT |
ZIP CODE 06824 |
(e)
TELEPHONE AREA CODE NUMBER (203) 254-6060 |
| 2 (a) NAME
OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD Brian Olschan |
(b)
RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER President and Chief Operations Officer |
(c)
ADDRESS STREET
CITY STATE ZIP CODE 60 Round Hill Road, Fairfield, CT 06824 |
| 3 (a) Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold |
(b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities |
SEC
USE ONLY Broker-Dealer File Number |
(c) Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See Instr. 3(c)) |
(d) Aggregate Market Value (See Instr. 3(d)) |
(e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See Instr. 3(e)) |
(f) Approximate Date of Sale (See Instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.) |
(g) Name of Each Securities Exchange (See Instr. 3 g)) |
| Common Stock |
PNC
Bank
11 West Market Street
Wilkes Barre, PA 18768
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25,000 | 255,500 | 3,174,109 | 07/26/2010 |
NYSE
AMEX
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. (a) Name of Issuer (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any (d) Issuer's address, including zip code (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code 2.
(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be
sold
(b) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) (c) Such person's address, including zip code |
3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be
sold (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold |
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| TABLE
I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor. |
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| Title of the Class | Date you Acquired | Nature of Acquisition Transaction | Name
of Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired) |
Amount of Securities Acquired | Date of Payment | Nature of Payment |
| Common Stock | July 2005 | Option Exercise | Acme United
Corporation |
25,000 | July 2005 | Cash |
| INSTRUCTIONS: | If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. |
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II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. |
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| Name and Address of Seller | Title of Securities Sold | Date of Sale | Amount
of Securities Sold |
Gross Proceeds | ||
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| REMARKS: |
| INSTRUCTIONS: See
the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to
be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In
addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
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ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which
this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this
notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to
the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to
be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted
a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule
10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date
that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such
representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
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| July 23, 2010 | Brian S. Olschan | |
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DATE OF NOTICE
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(SIGNATURE) | |
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DATE
OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE
10B5-1
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The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures. |
| ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) |