MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NASDAQ:MNTX) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Item1.01.

On January23, 2017, Manitex International, Inc. (the Company)
entered into a Controlled Equity Offering^SM Sales Agreement (the Sales
Agreement) with Cantor Fitzgerald Co. (Cantor), as sales agent,
to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time,
through Cantor shares of its common stock, no par value per
share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $20.0million.
As reported on December21, 2016, the Company believes that
production in 2017 will increase and that there may be other
capital requirements in the year ahead. If such requirements
develop, the Company believes that it is prudent to put into
place a mechanism by which supplemental liquidity can be provided
if needed.

The Company is not obligated to sell any shares under the Sales
Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales
Agreement, Cantor will use commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices,
applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the
rules of The NASDAQ Capital Market to sell shares from time to
time based upon the Companys instructions, including any price,
time or size limits specified by the Company. Under the Sales
Agreement, Cantor may sell shares by any method deemed to be an
at the market offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Cantors obligations to
sell shares under the Sales Agreement are subject to satisfaction
of certain conditions, including customary closing conditions for
transactions of this nature. The Company will pay Cantor a
commission of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale
of shares and has agreed to provide Cantor with customary
indemnification and contribution rights. Sales of shares of
common stock under the Sales Agreement will be made to the
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.333-213808), which
was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) on October3, 2016, and a related prospectus
supplement filed with the SEC on January23, 2017.

The foregoing summary of the Sales Agreement does not purport to
be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of the Sales Agreement, which is filed herewith as
Exhibit 1.1.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any shares
under the Sales Agreement, nor shall there be any sale of such
shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state.