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 August 5, 2002 ----------------------------------------------- Date of Report (date of earliest event reported Commission File Number 1-9789 ----------------------------- TECH/OPS SEVCON, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 04-2985631 - ------------------------------- -------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 40 North Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts, 01803-3391 ------------------------------------------------------ (Address of principal executive offices and zip code) (781) 229-7896 --------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code:) Item 9.	 Regulation FD Disclosure 	On August 5, 2002. Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc. submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission the certification by its chief executive and chief financial officers pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Company's report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 filed on July 31, 2002. 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. Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc., Registrant August 5, 2002 /s/ Raymond J. Thibault Jr. Raymond J. Thibault Jr. Assistant Treasurer