---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-016186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRD"
cik: "0000039092"
company_name: "FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:28:48.772342+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Friedman Industries delays Form 10-K filing due to accelerated filer status and Plateplus transaction

## Summary
- Filer status changed to accelerated filer on Sept 30, 2021 after public float reached ~$76 million.
- Form 10-K for fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 was due June 14; filed NT 10-K for extension to June 29.
- Company unable to file on June 29; new expected filing date is on or before July 22, 2022.
- Contributing factors include completion of Plateplus, Inc. transaction and COVID-19 cases among accounting staff.
- Friedman Industries operates steel processing plants in Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois, and Texas.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-016186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRD
- cik: 0000039092
- company_name: FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774922016186/0001437749-22-016186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774922016186/frd20220629_8k.htm

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