UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 26, 2018

732-918-0004

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On December 19, 2018, Sterling Consolidated Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan”) with Access Capital, Inc. (“Access Capital”). Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Access Capital provided the Company with asset based financing of up to $2.5 million based on a formulaic review and analysis of the Company’s accounts receivable and inventory. Additionally, the Company concurrently paid off its loan and line of credit with a New York commercial bank in the amounts of $1,061,131 and $832,297, respectively, which satisfied the balances due to the commercial bank in full.

On December 19, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the Loan Agreement. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in the websites mentioned in the press release is not a part of this current report on Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The information set forth under this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD. 

(d) Exhibits.

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.