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: December 1028, 2020 (Date of earliest event reported)

A. M. CASTLE & CO. ~~(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)~~

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	1-5415	36-0879160
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1420 Kensington Road, Suite 220

Oak Brook, IL 60523

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (847) 455-7111

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
*Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share*		*CTAM*		*OTCQX Best Market*

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13.0103 ~~Entry~~Material ~~into~~Modification ato ~~Material~~Rights ~~Definitive~~of ~~Agreement~~Security Holders.

On December 1028, 2020, A.M. Castle & Co., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) ~~entered~~filed ~~into~~articles of amendment with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland with an ~~Amendment~~effective Notime of 5:00p. 3m. toEastern ~~its~~Time ~~Revolving~~on ~~Credit~~December ~~and~~29, ~~Security Agreement~~2020 (the “~~Credit~~Effective ~~Agreement Amendment~~Time”) bywhereby, pursuant ~~and~~to ~~among~~Section 2-309(e) of the ~~Company,~~Maryland General Corporation Law (the ~~other~~“MGCL”), ~~borrowers~~(i) ~~and~~each ~~guarantors~~10 ~~party~~shares ~~thereto~~of its outstanding ~~and~~shares ~~PNC~~of ~~Bank~~common stock, ~~National~~par ~~Association~~value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) outstanding as of the ~~agent~~effective date of the reverse stock split was combined into one whole share of Common Stock and (ii) the ~~lenders,~~number ~~which~~of ~~amends~~issued ~~that~~and ~~certain~~outstanding ~~Revolving~~shares ~~Credit~~of Common Stock was simultaneously and ~~Security~~correspondingly ~~Agreement~~reduced (collectively, the “Reverse Stock Split”). No fractional shares ~~dated~~of Common Stock were issued as a result of ~~August 31,~~the ~~2017~~Reverse Stock Split. As permitted by Section 2-214(asa)(4) ~~amended~~of tothe ~~date~~MGCL, ~~and~~in lieu of issuing fractional shares to any stockholder as ~~further~~a ~~amended~~result byof the ~~Credit~~Reverse ~~Agreement~~Stock ~~Amendment~~Split, the ~~“Expanded~~Company will make a cash payment in an ~~Credit~~amount ~~Facility”)~~equal to ~~provide~~$0.70 ~~for~~per ~~additional~~pre-split ~~borrowing~~share ~~capacity~~of Common Stock to any stockholder that would otherwise hold a fractional share after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split.

The Expanded Credit Facility provides for an additional $25.0 million Revolving B (Priority) credit facility (the “Revolving B (Priority) Credit Facility”) made available by certain of the company’s shareholders, which will be subordinated to the $125.0 million senior secured, revolving credit facility (the “Revolving A ~~Credit~~copy Facility”) and senior to the $21.5 million senior secured, revolving credit facility (the “Revolving B Credit Facility”). The Revolving B (Priority) Credit Facility will bear interest at 15.0% per annum, which will be paid-in-kind unless the Company satisfies the conditions specified in the Expanded Credit Facility and elects to pay such interest in cash. As part of the ~~Credit~~amendment ~~Agreement~~effecting ~~Amendment,~~ the ~~Company~~Reverse ~~and~~Stock ~~PNC~~Split ~~also agreed to extend the maturity~~is offiled ~~the~~herewith ~~Credit~~as ~~Agreement~~Exhibit ~~to February 28, 2023, and to amend the Credit Agreement to (i) reduce the available borrowing capacity under its Revolving B Credit Facility from $25~~3.01 ~~million to $21.5 million~~ and ~~subordinate~~is ~~the~~incorporated ~~payment~~herein ~~under the Revolving B Credit Facility to the Revolving B (Priority) Credit Facility, (ii) increase access to available borrowings~~ by ~~reducing the liquidity covenant test threshold from $12~~reference.5 million to $8.75 million, and (iii) increase the interest applicable to the Revolving Credit A Facility to LIBOR-base rate plus a margin of 4.0%. The Expanded Credit Facility continues to be secured by substantially all personal property assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiary guarantors.

~~The~~Stockholders ~~Credit~~of ~~Agreement~~record ~~Amendment~~who isowned ~~filed as~~less ~~Exhibit~~ than 10.1 toshares ~~this Current Report on Form 8-K. The description~~ of ~~the~~Common Stock ~~Credit~~prior ~~Agreement~~to ~~Amendment and~~ the ~~Expanded Credit~~Reverse ~~Facility~~Stock ~~does~~Split ~~not~~will ~~purport to~~ be ~~complete~~cashed out and iswill ~~qualified~~no inlonger ~~its~~be ~~entirety~~stockholders byof ~~reference to~~ the ~~Credit Agreement Amendment filed as Exhibit 10~~Company.~~1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.~~

Item 28.0301 ~~Creation~~Other ~~of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant~~Events.

The ~~disclosure~~Company ~~set~~has ~~forth~~completed ~~under~~the ~~“Item~~previously 1announced Reverse Stock Split.01 ~~Entry~~In ~~into~~lieu of issuing fractional shares to any stockholder as a ~~Material~~result ~~Definitive~~of ~~Agreement”~~the isReverse ~~hereby~~Stock ~~incorporated~~Split, the Company will make a cash payment in an amount equal to $0.70 per pre-split share of Common Stock to any stockholder that would otherwise hold a fractional share after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split. Shares of Common Stock held by ~~reference~~stockholders ~~into~~of record ~~this~~owning ~~Item~~fewer 2than 10 pre-split shares of Common Stock at the close of business on December 29, 2020 have been cancelled, and such stockholders will receive a cash payment of $0.0370 per pre-split share of Common Stock. For more information regarding the Reverse Split, please refer to the Disclosure Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 16, 2020 and furnished to stockholders. In addition, a final amendment to the Rule 13E-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3, which was previously filed with the Commission, will be filed shortly to report the results of the Reverse Split.

After giving effect to the Reverse Split, the Company’s Common Stock will begin trading on or about December 30, 2020 under the new CUSIP number 148411408. It is anticipated that the Company’s Common Stock will continue to trade under the symbol “CTAM” on the OTC Pink Open Market, a centralized electronic quotation service for over-the-counter securities.

As permitted by Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), following determination by the Company that the number of stockholders of record of the Company’s Common Stock is fewer than 300, the Company intends to file with the Commission a Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration Under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 15 (the “Form 15”). The Form 15 will notify the Commission of the withdrawal of the Company’s Common Stock from registration under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act in accordance with Rule 12g-4(a)(1) under the Exchange Act. OTC Pink Open Market (the “Pink Sheets”), a centralized electronic quotation service for over-the-counter securities. As a result, the Company’s obligation to file periodic reports, including its quarterly and annual reports, has been suspended immediately. The deregistration is expected to become effective 90 days after filing of the Form 15. There can be no assurance that any trading market for the Company’s Common Stock will exist after the Company has filed the Form 15.

At the Effective Time, the respective conversion rates of the Company’s 3.00% / 5.00% Convertible Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes Due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and 5.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) automatically adjusted as follows:

the conversion rate of the 2024 Notes adjusted from 2.1939631 shares of Common Stock per $1.00 principal amount of such notes to 0.21939631 shares of Common Stock per $1.00 principal amount of such notes; and

the conversion rate of the 2022 Notes adjusted from 0.2654 shares of Common Stock per $1.00 principal amount of such notes to 0.02654 shares of Common Stock per $1.00 principal amount of such notes.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Amendment No. 3 to Revolving Credit and Security Agreement dated December 14, 2020 between the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, PNC Bank, National Association, as lender and as administrative and collateral agent, and the other lenders party thereto
3.1		Articles of Amendment

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.

	A. M. CASTLE & CO.
	By:	/s/ Jeremy Steele
December 16, 2020		Jeremy Steele
December 31, 2020		Jeremy Steele
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

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