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
January 31, 2011
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 | 0-24216 | 98-0140269 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (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 3.01 | Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing |
On January 31, 2011, IMAX Corporation (the “Company”) provided notice to the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) that the Company intends to voluntarily delist its common shares, without par value, from NASDAQ, intends to subsequently list such common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), and expects that trading will commence on the NYSE on February 11, 2011 under the Company’s current trading symbol, “IMAX.”
The Company’s common shares will continue to trade under the ticker symbol “IMAX” on NASDAQ until the transfer of listing to the NYSE is completed. The trading of the Company’s common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol “IMX,” will remain unchanged.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On January 31, 2011, the Company issued a press release. A copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information disclosed under Item 8.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press release dated January 31, 2011 |
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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: January 31, 2011 | By: | /s/ Richard L. Gelfond | ||
| Name: | Richard L. Gelfond | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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