Edgar Filing: TERADYNE, INC

TERADYNE, INC.

Dated: November 14, 2018

/s/ Gregory R. Beecher

Gregory R. Beecher

V.P., Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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): November 14, 2018

TERADYNE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Massachusetts

001-06462

04-2272148

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

600 Riverpark Drive,

North Reading, MA

01864

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (978) 370-2700

(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 November 14, 2018, Teradyne, Inc. (the “Company”), acting pursuant to authorization from its Board of Directors, determined to voluntarily withdraw the principal listing of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.125 per share (the “Common Stock”), from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and transfer the listing to The Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”). The Company expects that listing and trading of its common stock on the NYSE will end at market close on November 26, 2018, and that trading will begin on Nasdaq at market open on November 27, 2018.

The Common Stock has been approved for listing on Nasdaq, where it will continue to trade under the stock symbol “TER”.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company issued a press release in connection with the transfer of the principal listing of the Common Stock to Nasdaq. The press release has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit		Description

99.1		Press Release issued by Teradyne, Inc. on November 14, 2018.

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 thereunto duly authorized.