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 23, 2012
TRIO MERGER CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 000-54367 | 27-4867100 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
777 Third Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 319-7676
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events |
Effective March 26, 2012, the units of Trio Merger Corp. (“Company”) sold in its initial public offering will cease public trading. On such date, each unit will be mandatorily separated into its component parts – one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.0001 (“Common Stock”), and one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (“Warrant”). This action is being taken as a requirement to list the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Markets. As previously announced, the Company’s listing application remains pending before the Nasdaq Capital Markets and the Company is seeking to have the exchange list its common stock as soon as possible following the mandatory separation of the units. Until further notice, however, the Common Stock and Warrants will continue to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbols TMRG and TMRGW, respectively.
A copy of the Company’s press release, dated March 23, 2012, announcing the foregoing is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statement and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits: |
Exhibit | Description |
99.1 | Press Release dated March 23, 2012. |
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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.
Dated: March 23, 2012
TRIO MERGER CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Eric S. Rosenfeld | |
Name: Eric S. Rosenfeld Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | Description |
99.1 | Press Release dated March 23, 2012. |
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Contact:
David D. Sgro
Chief Financial Officer
Trio Merger Corp.
212-319-7676
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TRIO MERGER CORP. ANNOUNCES SEPARATION OF UNITS
New York, NY, March 23, 2012 – Trio Merger Corp. (OTCBB: TMRG) (the “Company”) announced today that effective March 26, 2012, the Company’s units (OTCBB: TMRGU) sold in its initial public offering will cease public trading. On such date, each unit will be mandatorily separated into its component parts – one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.0001, and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. Following the separation, the common stock and warrants will continue to trade and no change will be made to the respective terms of those securities.
The foregoing action is being taken as a requirement to list the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Markets. As previously announced, the Company’s listing application remains pending before the Nasdaq Capital Markets and the Company is seeking to have the exchange list its common stock as soon as possible following the mandatory separation of the units. Until further notice, however, the common stock and warrants will continue to be quoted on the OTCBB under the symbols TMRG and TMRGW, respectively.
Trio Merger Corp. is a blank check company organized for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to any particular industry or geographic region.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements.
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