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 (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2005

LYNCH CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

Indiana

1-106

38-1799862

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

140 Greenwich Avenue, 4th Floor, Greenwich, CT

06830

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 622-1150

 

(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):

o

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o

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On December 19, 2005, Lynch Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the exercise period for the Company’s rights offering had expired as of 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Friday, December 16, 2005. The fully subscribed offering resulted in the issuance of 538,676 additional common shares and gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.9 million, before deducting fees and expenses.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

 

Exhibit No.

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

99.1

Press release of Lynch Corporation dated December 19, 2005.

 

 

 

 



 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

LYNCH CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eugene Hynes

 

Eugene Hynes

 

Vice President

 

December 19, 2005