Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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 21, 2022

 

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Autoscope Technologies Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 

Minnesota	0-26056	86-3685595
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

        

1115 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota		55403
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code [phone]

                                                                                                                                                               

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value		AATC		The Nasdaq Capital Market
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights		AATC		The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

☐    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ 

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Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets

 

Item 3.01.  Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing. 

(d)  On December 21, 2022, Autoscope Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) notified The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) of the Company’s intention to file a “Form 25 – Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934” with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or about December 30, 2022. The purpose of the Form 25 filing is to effect the delisting from Nasdaq of the Company’s outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the deregistration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company expects that the Form 25 filing will become effective on January 9, 2023. Upon the effectiveness of the Form 25 filing, the Company also intends to file, on or about January 19, 2023, a Form 15 with the SEC to suspend the Company’s duty to file reports under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to deregister its Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

Concurrently with the delivery of the notification to Nasdaq, the Company issued a press release regarding its intention to voluntarily delist and deregister the Common Stock, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

99.1  Press Release, dated December 21, 2022, of Autoscope Technologies Corporation.

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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.  

 

Dated:  December 21, 2022	Autoscope Technologies Corporation
	By:	/s/ Frank G. Hallowell
		Frank G. Hallowell
		Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated December 21, 2022, of Autoscope Technologies Corporation

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