CTI Industries
Corporation
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(Name of
Issuer)
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Common Stock, No Par
Value
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(Title of Class of
Securities)
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125961 30 0 | ||
(CUSIP
Number)
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February 17, 2009 | ||
(Date
of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
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CUSIP No. 125961 30 0 |
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Page 2 of
6 Pages
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES
ONLY):
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The
Merrick Company, LLC
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2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS): |
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(a) o
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(b) o
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3 | SEC USE ONLY: | ||||
4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: | ||||
United
States
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5 | SOLE VOTING POWER: | ||||
NUMBER
OF
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546,635
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SHARES
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6 | SHARED VOTING POWER: | |||
BENEFICIALLY
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OWNED
BY
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EACH
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7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: | |||
REPORTING
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PERSON
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546,635
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WITH:
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8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: | |||
0
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9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: | ||||
546,635
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10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): | ||||
o
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11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9): | ||||
19.46%
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12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS): | ||||
IN
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CUSIP No. 125961 30 0 |
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Page 3 of
6 Pages
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Item
1(a)
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Name of
Issuer:
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CTI Industries
Corporation
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Item
1(b)
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Address of Issuer’s Principal
Executive Offices:
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22160
North Pepper Road
Barrington,
Illinois 60010
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Item
2(a)
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Name of Person
Filing:
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The
Merrick Company, LLC
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Item
2(b)
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Address of Principal Business
Office or, if None, Residence:
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502
N. Plum Grove Road
Palatine,
Illinois 60067
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Item
2(c)
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Citizenship:
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United
States
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Item
2(d)
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Title of Class of
Securities:
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Common
Stock, No Par Value
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Item
2(e)
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CUSIP
Number:
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125961
30 0
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Item
3.
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N/A
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6 Pages
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Item
4.
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Ownership.
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(a) Amount
beneficially owned:
546,635
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(b) Percent
of class:
19.46%
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(c) Number of shares as to which such person has: | ||
(i)
Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
546,635
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(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote _______. | ||
(iii)
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
546,635
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(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of _______. |
CUSIP No. 125961 30 0 |
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Page 5 of
6 Pages
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Item
5.
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Ownership of Five Percent or
Less of a Class.
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N/A
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Item
6.
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Ownership of More than Five
Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
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N/A
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Item
7.
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Identification and
Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control
Person.
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N/A
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Item
8.
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Identification and
Classification of Members of the Group.
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N/A
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Item
9.
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Notice of Dissolution of
Group.
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N/A
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Item
10.
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Certification.
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N/A
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CUSIP No. 125961 30 0 |
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Page 6 of
6 Pages
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February 17, 2009 | |||
Date | |||
The Merrick Company, LLC | |||
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By:
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/s/Stephen M. Merrick | |
Stephen
M. Merrick, Manager
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