-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RuFVf1ATkNjt+jaMhk2cB+gvG+Xxt7EaWPLsks6zlYolaMLqhnmd4I0ZPzGLXJ08 4axly6zaDGTn9iA012uGLA== /in/edgar/work/20000530/0001017062-00-001318/0001017062-00-001318.txt : 20000919 0001017062-00-001318.hdr.sgml : 20000919 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001017062-00-001318 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000526 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20000530 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001057232 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [7372 ] IRS NUMBER: 330102707 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24363 FILM NUMBER: 646001 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16815 VON KARMAN AVE CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92606 BUSINESS PHONE: 9495536655 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16815 VON KARMAN AVE CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92606 8-K 1 0001.txt CURRENT REPORT DATED 05/26/00 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) May 26, 2000 ------------ INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 0-24363 33-0102707 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
16815 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, California 92606 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (949) 553-6655 ------------------------------ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 1 Item 5. Other Events. Interplay Entertainment Corp. (the "Company") reported that it has been notified by Nasdaq that the Nasdaq listing qualifications staff has determined that the Company does not meet certain listing criteria for the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market. The Company believes it is in compliance with those criteria, and has requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel, currently scheduled for June 22, 2000, to seek the reversal of that determination. A copy of the Company's press release announcing the Nasdaq determination and the hearing is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and incorporated herein by this reference. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) Not Applicable. (b) Not Applicable. (c) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report. Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release - May 26, 2000 - Interplay Reports Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Hearing. 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. INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP. Date: May 26, 2000 By: /s/ Brian Fargo ----------------------- Brian Fargo, Chief Executive Officer 2 EXHIBIT INDEX
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3 EX-99.1 2 0002.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED MAY 26, 2000 EXHIBIT 99.1 Friday, May 26, 2000, 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Interplay Entertainment Corp. Interplay Reports Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Hearing IRVINE, California, May 26, 2000 - Interplay Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: IPLY) today reported that it has been notified by Nasdaq that it does not meet certain criteria for future listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market. The Company believes it is in compliance with those criteria, and has appealed Nasdaq's determination to the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel. A hearing before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel is currently scheduled for June 22, 2000. At the hearing the Company plans to provide information supporting its position that its common stock should continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market. Pending a determination by the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel after the hearing is completed, Interplay's common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market. Interplay Entertainment Corp. is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for both core gamers and the mass market. Interplay currently balances its development efforts by publishing for personal computers and current generation video game consoles. Interplay releases products through Interplay, Shiny Entertainment, Digital Mayhem, Black Isle Studios, 14 East, its distribution partners and its wholly owned subsidiary Interplay OEM, Inc. More comprehensive information on Interplay and its products is available through its worldwide web site at http://www.interplay.com. ------------------------- Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future events or results to differ materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking statements. For example, there can be no assurance that the Company's current scheduled titles will ship in the projected time frame or that they will be as popular as the Company presently anticipates or that the Company will be able to increase the number of console titles it releases. Additional important factors that may cause a difference between projected and actual results for Interplay include, but are not limited to, future capital requirements, that equity or bank financing will be available on terms satisfactory to the company or at all, risks of loss of the Company's listing on the Nasdaq National Market, risks of delays in development and introduction of new products, dependence on new product introductions which achieve significant market acceptance and the uncertainties of consumer preferences, risks of product returns and markdown allowances, dependence on third party software developers for a significant portion of new products, risks of rapid technological change and platform change, intense competition, seasonality, risks of product defects and resulting returns, dependence upon licenses from third parties, risks associated with, dependence upon third party distribution, dependence upon key personnel and risks associated with international business, intellectual property disputes and other factors discussed in the Company's filings from time to time with the Securities Exchange Commission,, including but not limited to the Company's annual reports on Form 10K and the Company's subsequent quarterly filings on Form 10Q. Interplay disclaims any obligation to revise or update any forward- looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf. 4 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----