KOPN Kopin Corporation

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) August 9, 2024

 

KOPIN CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware		000-19882		04-2833935
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(508) 870-5959

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

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

 

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 Instruction 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))

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01		KOPN		Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events and exhibits

 

Kopin Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release on August 9, 2024, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference, in which the Company announced it had regained compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements. The information in this Item 2.02 (including 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, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into 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 filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		“Kopin Corporation Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement”.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

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.

 

		KOPIN CORPORATION
Dated:	August 14, 2024	/s/ Richard A. Sneider
		Richard A. Sneider
		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Kopin Corporation Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement

 

WESTBOROUGH, MA, August 12, 2024 – Kopin Corporation (Nasdaq: KOPN), a leading provider of application-specific optical solutions and high-performance microdisplays for defense, enterprise, consumer, and medical products, today announced that it has received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) informing that Kopin Corporation (Kopin) has regained compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (“Minimum Bid Price Requirement”).

 

According to the Nasdaq’s letter, Nasdaq had determined that for 10 consecutive business days, the closing bid price of the Kopin’s common stock had been at $1.00 per share or greater. Accordingly, Kopin has regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

 

About Kopin

 

Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of high-performance application-specific optical solutions consisting of high-resolution microdisplays, microdisplays subassemblies and related components for defense, enterprise, industrial, and consumer products. Our products are used for soldier, avionic, armored vehicle, and training & simulation defense applications; industrial, public safety and medical headsets; 3D optical inspection systems; and consumer augmented reality (“AR”) and virtual reality (“VR”) wearable headsets systems. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com

 

Contact Information

 

For Investor Relations

 

Kopin Corporation

Richard Sneider, 508-870-5959

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

rsneider@kopin.com

 

MZ Contact

 

Brian M. Prenoveau, CFA

MZ Group – MZ North America

KOPN@mzgroup.us

+561 489 5315

 

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