---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000930413-24-000626"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GFF"
cik: "0000050725"
company_name: "GRIFFON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:30:51.984557+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Griffon repurchases 1.5M shares from Voss Capital at $65.50; director Cocke resigns

## Summary
- Repurchased 1.5M shares from Voss Capital at $65.50/share, aggregate $98.25M, a 3.7% discount to $68.04 close.
- Travis Cocke, Voss CIO and former board member, resigned from the Board effective Feb 20, 2024.
- Two-year standstill and non-disparagement agreement; Voss retains $128M remaining buyback authority.
- Cumulative buybacks since last April total 7.5M shares (13.1% of outstanding) for $330M, avg $44.21/share.
- Co. cites solid operating performance, free cash flow, and confidence in strategic plan for shareholder returns.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000930413-24-000626
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GFF
- cik: 0000050725
- company_name: GRIFFON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000093041324000626/0000930413-24-000626-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000093041324000626/c108255_8k-ixbrl.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Travis W. Cocke resigned as Director at GRIFFON CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Travis W. Cocke resigned as a member of the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, effective at 9:30 AM EST on February 20, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000093041324000626/0000930413-24-000626-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  GRIFFON CORP entered into Agreement with Voss Value Master Fund, L.P., Voss Value-Oriented Special Situations Fund, L.P. and four separately managed accounts of which Voss Capital, LLC is the investment manager (the "Selling Shareholders") valued at $98,250,000 (effective 2024-02-20).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: Voss Value Master Fund, L.P., Voss Value-Oriented Special Situations Fund, L.P. and four separately managed accounts of which Voss Capital, LLC is the investment manager (the "Selling Shareholders")
  - Value: $98,250,000
  - Effective: 2024-02-20
  source text: On February 20, 2024, Griffon Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a stock purchase and cooperation agreement (the “Agreement”) to repurchase, and repurchased, 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the “Common Stock”), beneficially owned by Voss Value Master Fund, L.P., Voss Value-Oriented Special Situations Fund, L.P. and four separately managed accounts of which Voss Capital, LLC is the investment manager (the “Selling Shareholders”), in a private transaction. The purchase price per share is $65.50, for an aggregate purchase price of $98,250,000, and represents a 3.7% discount from the price of $68.04 of the Common Stock at the close of trading on February 16, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000093041324000626/0000930413-24-000626-index.htm

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