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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 13, 2025
 
BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Kansas
 
0-1678
 
41-0834293
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
       
One Aero Plaza, New Century, Kansas
   
66031
(Address of principal executive offices)
   
(Zip Code)
 
Registrants telephone number, including area code (913) 780-9595
 
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
None
None
None
 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
Effective March 13, 2025, Butler National Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Mickie Lamphere, an employee of Morgan Hunter, an executive services firm, to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Lamphere serves as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
 
Mickie Lamphere, age 54, a Certified Public Accountant with over 30 years of accounting, financial analysis, and systems experience, has provided financial reporting and accounting services to public and private companies. Prior to working with the Company, Ms. Lamphere provided financial and accounting consulting services to numerous companies through employment at Korn Ferry (2023-2025), CB Partners (2023-2024), Robert Half (2022-2023), ALKU (2021-2022) and Accounting Principals (2018-2022). Ms. Lamphere was Chief Financial Officer of ICOP Digital from 2009 to 2011 and Controller of Hooper Holmes from 2018 to 2019. Ms. Lamphere has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Montana State University and a Master of Business Administration from Baker University.
 
The Company and Mogan Hunter entered into an Accounting and Finance Agreement (the “Agreement”) that outlines the terms and conditions of the services Ms. Lamphere provides to the Company. The Company pays Morgan Hunter a fee of $7,000 per week for Ms. Lamphere’s services and will reimburse Ms. Lamphere for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by her to the same extent the Company reimburses other members of its senior management for such expenses.
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
 
BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION
 
Date:    March 13, 2025
 
/s/ Christopher J. Reedy
Christopher J. Reedy
Chief Executive Officer