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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) July 31, 2020
 

 
BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Virginia
000-00209
54-0135270
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
3525 FAIRYSTONE PARK HIGHWAY
BASSETT, Virginia
24055
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (276) 629-6000
  
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol
 
Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock ($5.00 par value)
 
BSET
 
NASDAQ
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 


 
 

 
Item 5.02 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
In March 2020, responding to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on revenue, the Company implemented a temporary across the board 20% reduction in base salary for all monthly salaried employees including members of management.  Senior vice presidents’ salaries were reduced by 25%.  At that time, Robert H. Spilman, Jr. (Chairman and CEO), John E. Bassett, III (SVP-Chief Operations Officer), Jack L. Hawn (SVP-President, Zenith), and J. Michael Daniel (SVP-Chief Financial and Administrative Officer) each voluntarily took a 50% total reduction in base salary.  These temporary salary reductions ended when full monthly salaries were paid on July 31, 2020.
 
 

 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
August 4, 2020  
By:
/s/ J. Michael Daniel
 
   
J. Michael Daniel
 
   
Title:   Senior Vice President – Chief Financial & Administrative Officer