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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2020
PERFORMANT FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 001-35628 (Commission File Number) | 20-0484934 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
333 North Canyons Parkway
Livermore, California 94551
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(925) 960-4800
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share | PFMT | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b–2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b–2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Due to the outbreak of, and local, state and federal governmental responses to, the coronavirus (“COVID‑19”) pandemic, the Company is filing this current report on Form 8-K to delay the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Quarterly Report”) originally due on May 15, 2020. Specifically, the Company is relying on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 25, 2020 (which extended and superseded a prior order issued on March 4, 2020), pursuant to Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Release No. 34-88465) (the “Order”), regarding exemptions granted to certain public companies. The Order allows a registrant up to an additional 45 days after the original due date of certain reports required to be filed with the SEC if a registrant’s ability to file such report timely is affected due to COVID-19.
The Company’s operations and business have experienced disruptions due to the conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. These disruptions include, but are not limited to, office closures and limited availability of personnel required to prepare the Company’s Quarterly Report due to mandated social quarantining and work from home orders. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions in our normal interactions with our auditors and our other professional advisors which has significantly disrupted our financial reporting functions.
As such, the Company will be relying on the Order and will be making use of the 45-day grace period provided by the Order to delay filing of its Quarterly Report. The Company plans to file its Quarterly Report by no later than June 29, 2020 (which is 45 days from the Quarterly Report’s original filing deadline of May 15, 2020).
The Company continues to experience delays in the preparation of its financial statements for the reasons previously disclosed in its Form 8-K filed on April 29, 2020.
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.
Dated: May 15, 2020
PERFORMANT FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Lisa Im
Lisa Im
Chief Executive Officer