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(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(903) 758-3431

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On May 6, 2025, Friedman Industries, Incorporated (the “Company”) entered into a Fourth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Agent”), dated as of May 19, 2021 (the “A&R Credit Agreement”). The Amendment amends the A&R Credit Agreement in order to extend the Maturity Date (as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement) to August 19, 2026.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amendment, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended March 31, 2025 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 2.03   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

Date:         May 9, 2025