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

 

November 3, 2011

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-13906

 

47-0587703

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File No.)

 

Identification Number)

 

4350 McKinley Street

 

 

Omaha, Nebraska

 

68112

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(402) 453-4444

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Form 8-K

 

Item 2.02                                   Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release on November 3, 2011 with earnings information for the Company’s quarter ended September 30, 2011. The press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01                                   Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1 Press Release with earnings information, dated November 3, 2011, issued by the Company.

 

The information contained in this Current Report under Item 2.02, including the exhibit referenced in Item 9.01, is being “furnished” pursuant to “Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition” of Form 8-K and, as such, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 7, 2011

By:

/s/ MARY A. CARSTENS

 

 

Mary A. Carstens

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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