UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 14, 2010
Date of report(Date of earliest event reported)
Date of report(Date of earliest event reported)
IMAX Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Canada (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 0-24216 (Commission File Number) | 98-0140269 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
2525 Speakman Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5K 1B1
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Postal Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Postal Code)
(905) 403-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
(Former Name or Former Address, 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):
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 14, 2010, IMAX Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment to the employment agreement of Joseph Sparacio, the Company’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, which extended his employment term for two years through May 14, 2012. The amendment provided for an annual salary of $385,000, effective May 14, 2010 and an annual salary of $400,000, effective May 14, 2011. The restrictive covenants of Mr. Sparacio’s existing employment agreements, including non-competition provisions, as well as other provisions not modified by the amendment, remain in force. Mr. Sparacio’s previous employment agreement expired as of May 14, 2010.
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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.
| IMAX Corporation (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: May 14, 2010 | By: | /s/Robert D. Lister | ||
| Name: | Robert D. Lister | |||
| General Counsel | ||||
| By: | /s/G. Mary Ruby | |||
| Name: | G. Mary Ruby | |||
| Corporate Secretary | ||||
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