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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - FIRST MARBLEHEAD CORP | d662283dex991.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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 23, 2013
The First Marblehead Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 001-31825 | 04-3295311 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| The Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street, 34th Floor Boston, Massachusetts |
02199-8157 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 895-4283
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Explanatory Note
The First Marblehead Corporation (the “Corporation”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2013 (the “Original Form 8-K”) for the purpose of reporting that the Corporation has regained compliance with the continued listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
As previously disclosed in the Original Form 8-K, the Corporation received written notice from NYSE Regulation, Inc. on September 23, 2013 that the Corporation was not in compliance with one of the NYSE’s continued listing standards. The applicable listing standard requires an average closing price of not less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30 trading-day-period (the “Standard”).
On January 15, 2014, the Corporation received written notice from NYSE Regulation, Inc. confirming that the Corporation had regained compliance with the Standard, in advance of its deadline date of March 23, 2014.
On January 16, 2014, the Corporation issued a press release, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the Corporation’s receipt of the notice from NYSE Regulation, Inc. confirming that the Corporation had regained compliance with the Standard.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by the Corporation on January 16, 2014 entitled, “First Marblehead Regains Compliance with NYSE Listing Standards” | |
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.
| THE FIRST MARBLEHEAD CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: January 16, 2014 | By: | /s/ Kenneth Klipper | ||||
| Kenneth Klipper | ||||||
| Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by the Corporation on January 16, 2014 entitled, “First Marblehead Regains Compliance with NYSE Listing Standards” | |