<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001026655-15-000012.txt : 20150402
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001026655-15-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150402

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001026655
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089]
		IRS NUMBER:				311481870
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12505
		FILM NUMBER:		15748751

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 MANOR PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 28183
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43228
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8006666960

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 MANOR PARK DR
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 28183
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43228

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CORE MATERIALS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961107
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<a name="s4e5c5f3a4792470c9495dfdb47e8dbad"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;text-align:center;font-size:17pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:17pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:17pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:17pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:19px;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:22px;text-align:center;font-size:17pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:17pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-A12B/A</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">(Amendment No. 1)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;font-size:17pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:17pt;font-weight:bold;">CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:98.828125%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="46%"></td><td width="18%"></td><td width="36%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">31-1481870</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">(State of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">(I.R.S. 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:15px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. </font><font style="font-family:Wingdings 2;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">S</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. </font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:9pt;">o</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form related:  N/A</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s4e5c5f3a4792470c9495dfdb47e8dbad"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Explanatory Note</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Form 8-A12B/A is filed to supplement and amend the information set forth in the Form 8-A12B of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on July 19, 2007.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On April 1, 2015, the Company and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (the &#8220;Rights Agent&#8221;), amended the Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent, dated as of July 18, 2007 (collectively, the &#8220;Rights Agreement&#8221;), to change the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) of the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) issued under the Rights Agreement from July 18, 2017 to April 1, 2015 (the &#8220;Amendment No. 1&#8221;). As a result of this amendment, effective as of the close of business on April 1, 2015, the Rights expired and are no longer outstanding and the Rights Agreement has terminated by its terms.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A copy of the Rights Agreement and a summary of its material terms, which was filed with the SEC on a Form 8-A12B on July 19, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 1 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment No. 1, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 4(b)(1) and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2. Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2007, between Core Molding Technologies, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, which includes as Exhibit A thereto a Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B thereto the Form of Rights Certificate and as Exhibit C thereto a Form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2007).</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:84px;text-indent:-84px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:84px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4(b)(1)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Amendment No. 1 to Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2015, between Core Molding Technologies, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC.</font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s4e5c5f3a4792470c9495dfdb47e8dbad"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:30px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:14px;text-align:left;padding-left:378px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:28px;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:426px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:378px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">By:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ John P. 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<a name="s3dba750e8fd74fe49cb0221c53f84777"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 4(b)(1)</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT NO. 1 to Stockholder Rights Agreement</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">between</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">American Stock Transfer&#160;&amp; Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Amendment No.&#160;1 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), dated as of April 1, 2015, to the Stockholder Rights Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Rights Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), dated as of July&#160;18, 2007, between Core Molding Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as rights agent (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Rights Agent</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), is being executed at the direction of the Company. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Rights Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, pursuant to Section&#160;27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company may, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or amend the Rights Agreement prior to the Distribution Date.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:12px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1. </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendments</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">a. Section&#160;1(u) of the Rights Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:60px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">Final Expiration Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; shall mean 5:00 P.M., Columbus, Ohio time on April 1, 2015, unless the Rights are previously redeemed, exchanged or terminated.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:60px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">b. </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">All references to the date of &#8220;July 18, 2017&#8221; in Exhibit B (the Form of Right Certificate) and Exhibit C (the Form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock) to the Rights Agreement shall hereby be changed to &#8220;April 1, 2015&#8221;.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Remaining Terms.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Those portions of the Rights Agreement that are not expressly amended hereby shall continue in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Rights Agent and the Company acknowledge and agree that upon the Expiration Date the Rights Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;text-indent:-18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;3. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Counterparts.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. 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