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
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Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported:)
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May 19,
2010
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Tandy Leather Factory,
Inc.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
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Delaware
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
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1-12368
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75-2543540
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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1900
Southeast Loop 820, Fort Worth, Texas
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76140
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(817)
872-3200
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General
Instruction A.2 below)
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
3.01.Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or
Standard; Transfer of Listing.
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On May 19, 2010, Tandy Leather Factory,
Inc. (the “Company”) announced its intention to list its common stock, par value
$0.0024 per share, on the NASDAQ Global Market (“NASDAQ”). The
Company expects to begin trading on NASDAQ on June 2, 2010 and will continue to
trade under the symbol “TLF.” On May 19, 2010, the Company provided
written notice to NYSE Amex that the Company expects to voluntarily cease
trading on NYSE Amex effective June 1, 2010 and intends to transfer its listing
to NASDAQ. The Company’s Board of Directors approved this transfer to
NASDAQ on May 18, 2010.
A copy of the press release is attached
as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
5.07. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The
annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on
May 18, 2010. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the
Company voted on one matter, the election of seven individuals to serve on the
Company’s Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders or
until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The
individuals named below were elected to the Company’s Board of
Directors:
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Nominee
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Votes For
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Votes Against
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Abstentions
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Broker Non-Votes
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Wray
Thompson, Chairman of the Board
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7,266,029
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235,817
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1,740
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0
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Shannon
L. Greene
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7,496,139
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6,057
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1,390
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0
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T.
Field Lange
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7,432,853
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69,043
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1,690
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0
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Joseph
R. Mannes
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7,493,565
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8,331
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1,690
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0
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L.
Edward Martin III
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7,436,027
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65,878
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1,681
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0
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Michael
A. Nery
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6,093,680
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1,381,556
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28,350
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0
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Jon
Thompson
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7,494,446
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8,245
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895
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0
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Item
8.01. Other
Events.
On May 19, 2010, the Company issued a
press release announcing that on May 18, 2010, its Board of Directors authorized
a $0.75 per share special one-time dividend to be paid to stockholders of record
at the close of business on June 3, 2010. The dividend is payable on
July 5, 2010.
A copy of the press release is attached
as Exhibit 99.2.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
99.1 Press
release, dated May 19, 2010
Exhibit
99.2 Press
release, dated May 19, 2010
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Exchange Act, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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TANDY
LEATHER FACTORY, INC.
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Date: May
24, 2010
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By:
/s/ Jon Thompson
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Jon
Thompson, Chief Executive Officer and President
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release, dated May 19, 2010
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99.2
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Press
release, dated May 19,
2010
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