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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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 10, 2016

 

 

BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

VIRGINIA

 

0-209

 

54-0135270

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

3525 FAIRYSTONE PARK HIGHWAY

BASSETT, VIRGINIA

 

24055

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 276/629-6000

  

(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):

 

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Item 8.01    Other Events

On March 10, 2016 Bassett Furniture Industries issued a news release relating to the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share of outstanding common stock payable on May 27, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 13, 2016, and relating to the following appointments by the Board of Directors: Robert H. Spilman, Jr. as Chairman, Paul Fulton as Chairman Emeritus, Kristina Cashman as Audit Committee Chair and William C. Warden, Jr. as Lead Independent Director. A copy of the news release is attached to the report as Exhibit 99.

  

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99     News release issued by Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. on March 10, 2016

 

 
 
 

 

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.

 

  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
March 10, 2016 By: /s/ J. Michael Daniel
  J. Michael Daniel
 

Title:

Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Description

 

Exhibit No. 99     News release issued by Bassett Furniture Industries on March 10, 2016.