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Acme United Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/13 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 3/6/14, at 5:15pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/13   ·   Accession #:  1026608-14-11   ·   File #:  1-07698

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/06/14  Acme United Corp                  10-K       12/31/13   92:5.9M                                   Placido Robert/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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69: R15         Debt                                                HTML     30K 
73: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
61: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML     66K 
63: R18         Stock Option Plans                                  HTML     75K 
68: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     37K 
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79: R21         Financial Instruments                               HTML     34K 
55: R22         Quarterly Data (Unaudited)                          HTML     58K 
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57: R24         Business Combination                                HTML     38K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Assets (Details)                                                 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
27: R50         Pension and Profit Sharing - Estimated Future       HTML     38K 
                Benefit Payments (Details)                                       
78: R51         Pension and Profit Sharing (Details Narrative)      HTML     59K 
30: R52         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit)         HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R53         Income Taxes - US and Foreign Income Before Income  HTML     32K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
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                (Details)                                                        
20: R55         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
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35: R62         Segment Information (Details Narrative)             HTML     26K 
76: R63         Stock Option Plans - Stock Option Activity          HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Outstanding (Details)                                            
54: R65         Stock Option Plans - Assumptions Used to Value      HTML     40K 
                Option Grants (Details)                                          
75: R66         Stock Option Plans (Details Narrative)              HTML     61K 
31: R67         Earnings Per Share - Earnings Per Share (Details)   HTML     61K 
58: R68         Earnings Per Share (Details Narrative)              HTML     30K 
87: R69         Comprehensive Income - Accumulated Comprehensive    HTML     38K 
                Income (Loss) (Details)                                          
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48: R72         Contingencies - Accrual for Environmental           HTML     31K 
                Remediation Table (Details)                                      
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90: R74         Business Combination Purchase Price Allocation      HTML     31K 
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