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 30, 2017

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (952) 930-9000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 30, 2017, Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (the “Company”) and ApplianceSmart, Inc. (“ApplianceSmart”), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with ApplianceSmart Holdings LLC (the “Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Ventures Incorporated (“Live”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company sold to the Purchaser all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (the “Stock”) of ApplianceSmart in exchange for $6,500,000. The shares of Stock were delivered into escrow and will be released to the Purchaser upon Purchaser’s receipt of third-party financing in an amount sufficient to fund the Purchase Price, and the subsequent delivery of such funds to certain third-party lenders of the Company and ApplianceSmart, all of which the parties expect to occur prior to March 31, 2018. Jon Isaac, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Live, is the CEO, Manager and sole member of Isaac Capital Group, LLC, which, as of October 6, 2017, was the beneficial owner 8.6% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company. Jon Isaac is also the son to Tony Isaac, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and ApplianceSmart. Prior to the signing of the Agreement, the Company formed a special committee composed entirely of an independent and distinterested director to evaluate the transaction described in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

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.