Form 8-K

 

 

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 4, 2014

 

 

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania    001-02116    23-0366390

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   

(Commission

File Number)

   

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2500 Columbia Avenue P.O. Box 3001

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

   17603
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (717) 397-0611

N/A

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:

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 4, 2014, Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with The Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust and Armor TPG Holdings, L.P. (collectively, the “Selling Shareholders”), and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Underwriter”), pursuant to which the Selling Shareholders agreed to sell an aggregate of 3,900,000 common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company to the Underwriter (the “Offering”). The Offering is expected to be consummated on March 10, 2014. The Company is not selling any shares in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the Offering.

The Offering was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated March 4, 2014, to the prospectus, dated February 27, 2012, included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-179711), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2012.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and includes the terms and conditions for the sale of the shares by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriter, indemnification and contribution obligations and other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. An opinion regarding the validity of the shares is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated March 4, 2014, by and among Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the underwriter, and The Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust and Armor TPG Holdings, L.P., as the selling shareholders.
  5.1    Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
23.1    Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

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.

 

      ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
     

(Registrant)

Date: March 10, 2014     By:  

/s/ Mark A. Hershey

      Mark A. Hershey
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated March 4, 2014, by and among Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the underwriter, and The Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust and Armor TPG Holdings, L.P., as the selling shareholders.
  5.1    Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
23.1    Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).