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 6, 2009
SYMMETRICOM, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 000-02287 | 95-1906306 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2300 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95131-1017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(408) 433-0910
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.05. | Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics. |
On November 6, 2009, the Board of Directors of Symmetricom, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Conduct”), which applies to all directors, officers and employees of the Company. The Code of Conduct was amended to, among other things, change the e-mail address for anonymous and confidential submission of information from an internal e-mail address to a secure website monitored by an external service provider and accessible on the Company’s intranet site. The foregoing summary of the amendments to the Code of Conduct is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code of Conduct, as so amended, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.05. The amended Code of Conduct has been posted in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.symmetricom.com.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 14.1 | Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of Symmetricom, Inc. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 5, 2011 | SYMMETRICOM, INC. | |||||
| By: | /S/ JUSTIN R. SPENCER | |||||
| Name: | Justin R. Spencer | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 14.1 | Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of Symmetricom, Inc. | |