UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) September 21, 2012 (September 18, 2012)
 

SMTC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
     
0-31051
 
98-0197680
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
   
635 Hood Road Markham, Ontario, Canada
 
L3R 4N6
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(905) 479-1810
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 

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Item 8.01.
Other Events.

On September 18, 2012, the Board of Directors of SMTC Corporation (the “Company”) agreed to waive certain restrictive provisions of the Company’s Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Plan (“NOL Rights Plan”) in order to allow a current stockholder to aggregate holdings of SMTC common stock in excess of five percent (5%) without triggering the operative provisions of the NOL Rights Plan.  This waiver was granted at the request of the stockholder, in accordance with the terms announced in the Company’s Press Release dated August 20, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
             
       
SMTC CORPORATION
       
Date: September 21, 2012
     
By:
 
/s/    Alex Walker       
       
Name:
 
Alex Walker
       
Title:
 
Co-President, Co-Chief Executive Officer