Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): January 17, 2017  

SMTC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	0-31051	98-0197680
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

635 Hood Road Markham, Ontario, CANADA L3R 4N6

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: [phone]

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:
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)           On January 17, 2017, Sushil Dhiman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMTC Corporation (the “Company”), submitted his resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company’s board of directors, effective February 17, 2017.  The Company’s board of directors is currently in the process of conducting a search for a new Chief Executive Officer.

                The press release announcing Mr. Dhiman’s resignation and the search for a new Chief Executive Officer is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated January 23, 2017

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SIGNATURE

          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.

	SMTC CORPORATION
Date: January 23, 2017	By:	/s/ Roger Dunfield
	Name:	Roger Dunfield
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated January 23, 2017