arotech144-esses120213.htm


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FORM 144
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
SEC USE ONLY
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
 
 
CUSIP NUMBER
 
ATTENTION:Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker
WORK LOCATION
 
 
1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
 
 
Arotech Corporation
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
 
 
95-4302784
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
 
 
0-23336
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
AREA CODE      NUMBER
 
(734)                           761-5836
 
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
STREET
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
 
   
Arotech  Corporation
1229 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor
Michigan
48108
   
 
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
(c) ADDRESS STREET
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
 
Steven Esses
 
President and director
1133 East 22nd St.
Brooklyn
NY
11210
 
INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
 
3 (a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Title of the
Class of
Securities
to be Sold
 
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the Securities
 
Broker-Dealer File Number
Number of Shares
or Other Units
to be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))
 
Aggregate Market
Value
(See instr. 3(d))
Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
Approximate Date of sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))
Common
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
125 Broad St.
New York, NY 10004
 
 
65,000
     
 
NasdaqGM

 
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
 
1.
(a)
Name of  Issuer
 
(b)
Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
 
(c)
Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
 
(d)
Issuer’s address, including zip code
 
(e)
Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
 
 
2.
(a)
Name of Person for whose account the securities are to be sold
 
(b)
Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
 
(c)
Such person’s address, including zip code

 
 
3.
(a)
Title of the class of securities to be sold
 
(b)
Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
 
(c)
Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
 
(d)
Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
 
(e)
Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
 
(f)
Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
 
(g)
Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
 
 
 

 

 
 
TABLE I – SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
 
Title of
the Class
Date you
Acquired
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of
Securities Acquired
Date of
Payment
Nature of Payment
 
 
Common Stock
 
09/24/2009
 
Original issuance
 
Arotech Corporation
 
273,973
 
09/24/2009
In exchange for severance
INSTRUCTIONS:
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
 
 
TABLE II – SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

 
Name and Address of Seller
 
Title of Securities Sold
 
Date of Sale
Amount of
Securities Sold
 
Gross Proceeds
     
 
 

INSTRUCTIONS:
ATTENTION:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
 
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the exchange act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date
                                    December 2, 2013                                 
DATE OF NOTICE
 
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,
IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
 
 
                  /s/ Steven Esses                                
SIGNATURE)
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
 
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
 
ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)