BDR Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC.

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BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD JUNE 11, 2020

 

The following additional information relates to the proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) of Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), dated May 11, 2020, furnished to stockholders of the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company for use at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 11, 2020.

 

The purpose of this information is to inform you that (i) the Company has filed an amendment to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 13, 2020 (the “Original Report”) and (ii) the Company is filing these additional materials to supplement the Proxy Statement, in each case solely to disclose that (A) the Company had filed the Original Report after the deadline applicable to the Company for the filing of an Annual Report on Form 10-K in reliance on the filing extension provided by the SEC’s Order Under Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Modifying Exemptions From the Reporting and Proxy Delivery Requirements For Public Companies, dated March 25, 2020 (Release No. 34-88465) (the “Order”) and (ii) also pursuant to the Order, had delayed the filing of its definitive proxy statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”), including the information omitted from the Original Report in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K (the “Part III Information”), beyond the deadline for which the Company was required to either file its Definitive Proxy Statement or an amendment to its Original Report to include the Part III Information.

 

On March 26, 2020, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “March 26 Form 8-K”) to indicate its intention to rely on the Order and delay the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K. On April 27, 2020, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “April 27 Form 8-K”) to indicate its intention to rely on the Order and delay the filing of its Definitive Proxy Statement, including the Part III Information to be included therein. Consistent with the Company’s statements in the March 26 Form 8-K and April 27 Form 8-K, the Company was unable to file (i) the Original Report until April 13, 2020 and (ii) the Definitive Proxy Statement, including the Part III Information, until May 7, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and related events, which resulted in the Company’s management devoting significant time and attention to assessing the potential impact of COVID-19 and those events on the Company’s operations and financial position and developing operational and financial plans to address those matters. This diverted management resources from completing all of the tasks necessary to file the Original Report and the Definitive Proxy Statement by their applicable deadlines.

 

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