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) March 23, 2012

 

UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

TEXAS

 

0-4197

 

75-0789226

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File

 

(IRS Employer Identification

incorporation)

 

Number)

 

No.)

 

5429 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 230, DALLAS, TEXAS

 

75240

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(972) 991-8400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(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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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS.

 

On March 23, 2012, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (the “Company”) repurchased, in a privately negotiated transaction, 700,000 shares of its common stock from accounts managed by NSB Advisory LLC at a price of $58.00 per share, a discount of 2.2% from the previous day’s closing price of the common stock, for a total consideration of $40,600,000.  The transaction was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of the Board.

 

The Company’s news release, dated March 27, 2012, announcing the repurchase is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference in response to this Item.

 

Item 9.01. 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

 

 

(d) 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

News Release of United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. dated March 27, 2012

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 27, 2012

UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ M. Michael Owens

 

 

M. Michael Owens, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

 

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