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): August 25, 2014

 

Commission File Number: 1-9852

 

CHASE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

26 Summer Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02324

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(508) 819-4200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On August 25, 2014, Peter R. Chase, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chase Corporation (the “Company”) informed the Company that he intends to establish a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell a portion of his stock in the Company over time as part of his individual long-term strategy for asset diversification and liquidity. Mr. Chase indicated that he intends to adopt the stock trading plan in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Company’s policies regarding stock transactions.

 

Rule 10b5-1 permits insiders to implement written, pre-arranged stock trading plans when they are not in possession of material non-public information. These plans establish predetermined trading parameters that do not permit the person adopting the plan to exercise any subsequent influence over how, when, or whether to effect trades. Using these plans, insiders can gradually diversify their investment portfolios, spread stock trades out over an extended period of time to reduce market impact, and avoid concerns about transactions occurring at a time when they might possess inside information.

 

Under the plan Mr. Chase proposes to adopt, he would sell up to 33,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over a period ending not later than March 31, 2015.

 

Mr. Chase indicated that the transactions under this plan would commence no earlier than September 30, 2014 and will be disclosed publicly through required filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	Chase Corporation
Dated: August 27, 2014	By:	/s/ Kenneth L. Dumas
		Kenneth L. Dumas
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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