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): March 25, 2011
Conn’s, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
000-50421 |
06-1672840 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
3295 College Street Beaumont, Texas |
77701 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (409) 832-1696
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)
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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
On March 22, 2011, we notified The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) that Theodore M. Wright resigned from our audit committee effective February 27, 2011, as a result of his loss of independence due to his election as our Interim Chief Executive Officer and President on that date. Subsequently, on March 22, 2011, we received notice from NASDAQ stating that, as a result of Mr. Wright’s resignation from our audit committee, the Company was no longer in compliance with the independent audit committee requirements for continued listing on NASDAQ; specifically, NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605 requiring that the audit committee be comprised of at least three independent directors. However, consistent with Listing Rule 5605(c)(4), NASDAQ provided the Company a cure period to regain compliance as follows:
Effective March 23, 2011, our board of directors elected William T. Trawick, an existing independent member of our board of directors, to serve as a member of its audit committee in replacement of Mr. Wright. On March 25, 2011, we notified NASDAQ of this election to our newly constituted audit committee membership, requesting that the election of Mr. Trawick cure our non-compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605.
On March 25, 2011, we received notice from NASDAQ that this did cure our
non-compliance, and that we are again in compliance with the Listing
Rule 5605 pertaining to audit committee membership.
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.
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CONN'S, INC. |
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Date: |
March 25, 2011 |
By: |
/s/ Michael J. Poppe |
Name: |
Michael J. Poppe |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |