SEC USE ONLY |
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO. |
CUSIP NUMBER |
WORK LOCATION |
ATTENTION: | Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. |
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) CTS Corporation | (b) IRS IDENT. NO. 35-0225010 | (c) S.E.C. FILE NO. 001-04639 | |||||
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE | (e) TELEPHONE NO. | ||||||
1142 West Beardsley Avenue Elkhart Indiana 46514 | AREA CODE 574 | NUMBER 523-3800 | |||||
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD CTS Corporation Pension Plan | (b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER Affiliate (1) | (c) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE 1142 West Beardsley Avenue Elkhart Indiana 46514 | |||||
3 (a) | (b) | SEC USE ONLY | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) |
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold | Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities | Broker-Dealer File Number | Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c)) | Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d)) | Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e)) | Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.) | Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)) |
Common Stock, without par value | Sidoti & Company, LLC 122 E 42nd Street New York, New York 10168 | 160,000 | 2,296,400 (2) | 32,575,154 (3) | (4) | New York Stock Exchange | |
1. (a) Name of issuer | 3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold |
(b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number | (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold |
(c) Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any | (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) |
(d) Issuer’s address, including zip code | (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice |
(e) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code | (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer |
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold | (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold |
(b) Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) | (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold |
(c) Such person’s address, including zip code | |
Title of the Class | Date you Acquired | Nature of Acquisition Transactions | Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired) | Amount of Securities Acquired | Date of Payment | Nature of Payment | |||
Common Stock, without par value | (5) | (5) | CTS Corporation (5) | 1,313,900 | (5) | (5) | |||
INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. | |||||||||
Name and Address of Seller | Title of Securities Sold | Date of Sale | Amount of Securities Sold | Gross Proceeds |
CTS Corporation Pension Plan | CTS Corporation | Various | 145,000 | $2,312,666 |
(1) | Ashish Agrawal, the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CTS Corporation (the “Issuer”), serves as the Named Administrator of the CTS Corporation Pension Plan (the “Plan”). |
(2) | Based on a sale price of $14.35 per share, which was the closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 26, 2016. |
(3) | Based on shares outstanding as of February 19, 2016, as reported on the Issuer’s Form 10-K for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015. |
(4) | The proposed transaction will be completed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 25, 2015. |
(5) | Common stock was acquired by the Plan directly from the Issuer throughout the life of the Plan. |
INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. | ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date. |
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) |