0001144204-17-004154.txt : 20170127 0001144204-17-004154.hdr.sgml : 20170127 20170127060058 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-17-004154 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170123 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20170127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170127 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AUDIOEYE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001362190 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-177463 FILM NUMBER: 17551498 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5210 E. WILLIAMS CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 750 CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85711 BUSINESS PHONE: 866-331-5324 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5210 E. WILLIAMS CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 750 CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85711 8-K 1 v457607_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

 

  

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): January 23, 2017

 

AUDIOEYE, INC.

 

DELAWARE 333-17743 20-2939845
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)		 (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

5210 E. Williams Circle, Suite 750

Tucson, Arizona 85711

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(866) 331-5324

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

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Item 8.01Other Events

 

As previously reported, in April 2015, two shareholder class action lawsuits were filed against AudioEye, Inc. and former officers Nathaniel Bradley and Edward O’Donnell in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. A consolidated amended complaint was filed under the caption In re AudioEye, Inc. Sec. Litigation. On July 25, 2016, in connection with a voluntary mediation, the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle the consolidated actions subject to definitive documentation, shareholder notice, and court approval.  A written Stipulation of Settlement was executed and filed with the Court in December 2016. On January 23, 2017, the court granted preliminary approval of the settlement pursuant to the terms set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement, provisionally certified a settlement class of shareholders, and directed plaintiffs' counsel to provide notice to that class. The Court will hold a Final Settlement Hearing May 8, 2017 to consider any objections to the Settlement that might be raised by settlement class members, to consider plaintiffs’ counsel's application for an award of fees and costs, and to finally determine whether the Order and Final Judgment as provided under the Stipulation of Settlement should be entered, dismissing the case with prejudice.

 

 

 

  

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.

 

Date: January 27, 2017   AUDIOEYE, INC.   
       
       
  By: /s/ Todd Bankofier  
    Todd Bankofier, Chief Executive Officer