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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On June 26, 2023, Mentor Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it plans to initiate the Board of Directors approved continuance of its stock repurchase plan, previously announced on August 6, 2014, and reapproved by the Board of Directors on August 6, 2022, by which the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase 300,000 shares of its outstanding common stock in alignment with the provisions of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The Company had repurchased an aggregate of 44,748 shares of its common stock at September 30, 2015, and a total of 255,252 shares remain to be repurchased under the plan.
The Board of Directors has authorized the continuance of the plan and share repurchases until August 6, 2024, so that the Company may repurchase the remaining 255,252 shares of its common stock on the open market at prevailing prices and in appropriate volumes, before August 6, 2024, and without solicitation of sellers, for a maximum aggregate repurchase price of $30,000 from the Company’s cash on hand.
The written plan is structured to be conducted in compliance with the safe harbor guidelines of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. During the active period of share repurchases, no officers, directors, or control persons may buy or sell the Company’s shares.
The information included in this Item 8.01 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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.
| Mentor Capital, Inc. | ||
| Date: June 26, 2023 | By: | /s/ Chet Billingsley |
| Chet Billingsley, Chairman and CEO | ||