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): November 17, 2011

 

GRIFFON CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


 

 

 

 

Delaware

1-06620

11-1893410

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation)

   File Number)

Identification Number)


 

 

 

712 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor

 

 

New York, New York

 

   10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)


 

(212) 957-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

          On November 17, 2011, Griffon Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing the Registrant’s financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and year ended September 30, 2011. A copy of the Registrant’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


 

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

99.1

Press Release, dated November 17, 2011

          The information filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is being furnished in accordance with Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

GRIFFON CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Douglas J. Wetmore

 

 

 


 

 

 

Douglas J. Wetmore

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:   November 17, 2011

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

 

 

 

99.1

Press release, dated November 17, 2011