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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-012567
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200324
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200324
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200324

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ACME UNITED CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000002098
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CUTLERY, HANDTOOLS & GENERAL HARDWARE [3420]
		IRS NUMBER:				060236700
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07698
		FILM NUMBER:		20739137

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WALLS DRIVE
		CITY:			FAIRFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06824
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-254-6060

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WALLS DRIVE
		CITY:			FAIRFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06824

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACME SHEAR CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710713
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;;font-size:10pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">CURRENT REPORT</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">55 Walls Drive, Fairfield, Connecticut</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">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:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#9744;<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#9744;<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#9744;<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule</font> 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#9744;<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).&nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ITEM </font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">8</font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.0</font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1</font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other Events</font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On March&#160;24, 2020, Acme United Corporation (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;) announced that the location of the Company&#8217;s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders has been changed and will be held in a virtual meeting format only. A copy of the press release announcing the location change is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. Further information regarding this change to the location of the Annual Meeting&#160;can be found in the proxy supplement filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&#160;20, 2020.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ITEM 9.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><a href="acu-ex991_6.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Press release dated March 24, 2020</font></a><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;line-height:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">SIGNATURES</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">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.</p>
<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ACME UNITED CORPORATION</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">By<font style="margin-left:36pt;">/s/&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-variant: small-caps;">Walter C. Johnsen</font></p>
<p style="line-height:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:1pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.81%;">______________________________</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.81%;">Walter C. Johnsen</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.81%;">President and </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.81%;">Chief Executive Officer</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">By<font style="margin-left:36pt;">/s/&#160;&#160;</font>P<font style="font-variant: small-caps;">aul G. Driscoll</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ACME UNITED CORPORATION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NEWS RELEASE</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ACME UNITED ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO VIRTUAL 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">FAIRFIELD, Conn., March 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acme United Corporation (NYSE American: ACU) today announced that that the location of the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders has been changed and will be held in a virtual meeting format only due to the ongoing public health impact of the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company believes that this action is necessary to protect the health and well-being of its partners and shareholders and is in compliance with the restrictions on meetings and other gatherings imposed under states of emergency declared by various governmental authorities.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Walter C. Johnsen, Chairman and CEO said, &#8220;I look forward to speaking with shareholders at the upcoming first quarter earnings call.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the meantime, I wish that everyone stays in good health.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Hlk30775668"></a>ACME UNITED CORPORATION <font style="font-weight:normal;"><a name="_Hlk30775668"></a>is a leading worldwide supplier of innovative first aid, safety, and cutting products to the school, home, office, hardware and industrial markets. Its leading brands include </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">First Aid Only</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">First Aid Central</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;,&#160;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Physicians</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">Care</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Pac-Kit</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Spill Magic</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Westcott</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Clauss</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Camillus</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">Cuda</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;, and </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">DMT</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">&#174;.</font></p>
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