-----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, ERJl4OGKuvBEfrImxD77W4x3pjl97HilqU+HHr9GJdi/vsBAF6jDkcE5veiTHDcn tVltILQUOws/jurUroslqw== 0001341004-07-001185.txt : 20070410 0001341004-07-001185.hdr.sgml : 20070410 20070409175505 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001341004-07-001185 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070409 ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070410 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070409 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REFAC OPTICAL GROUP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000082788 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 131681234 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12776 FILM NUMBER: 07757337 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 HARMON DRIVE CITY: BLACKWOOD STATE: NJ ZIP: 08012 BUSINESS PHONE: 856-228-0077 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 HARMON DRIVE CITY: BLACKWOOD STATE: NJ ZIP: 08012 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REFAC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990813 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REFAC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RESOURCES & FACILITIES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19740509 8-K 1 nyc603520.htm FORM 8-K

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): April 9, 2007

 

REFAC OPTICAL GROUP

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

001-12776

13-1681234

(State or other jurisdiction of

(Commission

I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

5 HARMON DRIVE, BLACKWOOD, NEW JERSEY

08012

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(856) 228-0077

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

 

None

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,

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):

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

(d) On April 9, 2007, the board of directors of Refac Optical Group (the “Company”) approved the delisting of the Company’s common stock from the American Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”). The stock will be delisted in connection with the merger of the Company with ROG Acquisition, Inc., pursuant to which the Company will become a private company. The merger is expected to be completed on or about April 26, 2007. In accordance with Rule 12d2-2(c)(2)(ii) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on April 9, 2007, the Company sent a letter to the Exchange to notify the Exchange of its intention to file a Form 25 on or about April 19, 2007 to delist its common stock. The Company has not arranged for the listing of its common stock on another national securities exchange or for the quotation of its common stock in a quotation medium. By operation of law, the delisting from the Exchange will be effective on April 29, 2007, unless the Form 25 is withdrawn by the Company in advance of such date. The Company reserves the right to delay the filing of the Form 25 or withdraw the Form 25 for any reason prior to its effectiveness.

On April 9, 2007 the Company issued a press release regarding the foregoing, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

(c)

Exhibits

See Exhibit Index below.

 

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.

 

 

REFAC OPTICAL GROUP

 

 

Dated: April 9, 2007

By: /s/ Carmen J. Nepa III

 

 

Name: Carmen J. Nepa, III

 

Title: Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Description

 

99.1

Press release, dated April 9, 2007.

 

 

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EX-99 2 nyc603666.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 - PRESS RELEASE

 

 

N E W S

 

about

 


CONTACT:       J. David Pierson

 

Tel:                    (856) 228-0077

 

Fax:                    (856) 228-5577

 

Web site:  www.refacopticalgroup.com

 

 

 

 

REFAC OPTICAL GROUP ANNOUNCES

INTENT TO DELIST FROM AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE

 

Blackwood, New Jersey (April 9, 2007) – Refac Optical Group announced today that its board of directors approved the delisting of its common stock from the American Stock Exchange. The stock will be delisted in connection with the merger of the Company with ROG Acquisition, Inc., pursuant to which Refac will become a private company. The merger is expected to be completed on or about April 26, 2007.

 

In accordance with the SEC rules and the rules of the Exchange, the Company has provided written notice to the Exchange of its intent to delist. The Company intends to file a Form 25 with the SEC on or about April 19, 2007 to effect the delisting. By operation of law, the delisting will be effective ten days after this filing, unless the Form 25 is earlier withdrawn by the Company. The Company reserves the right to delay the filing of the Form 25 or withdraw the Form 25 for any reason prior to its effectiveness.

 

The Company has not arranged for the listing of its common stock on another national securities exchange or for the quotation of its common stock in a quotation medium.

 

Further information regarding the foregoing is included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed today.

 

About Refac Optical Group

Refac Optical Group, a leader in the retail optical industry and the sixth largest retail optical chain in the United States, operates 517 retail locations in 47 states and Canada, consisting of 496 licensed departments, three freestanding stores, 18 eye health centers and professional optometric practices, two surgery centers, one of which is a laser correction center, and two manufacturing laboratories. Of the 496 licensed departments, 353 are located at JCPenney stores, 61 at Sears, 25 at Macy’s, 28 at Boscov’s, and 29 at The Bay. These licensed departments are full-service retail vision care stores that offer an extensive selection of designer

 


 

 

brands and private label prescription eyewear, contact lenses, sunglasses, ready-made readers and accessories.

 

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