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): December 8, 2017
bebe stores, inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| California | 0-24395 | 94-2450490 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 400 Valley Drive Brisbane, California |
94005 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(415) 715-3900
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 3.01 | Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing |
On December 8, 2017, bebe stores, inc. (the “Company”) notified the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) of its intention to file a Form 25 (“Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2017. The purpose of the Form 25 filing is to effect the delisting from NASDAQ of the Company’s outstanding common shares, par value $0.001 per share (the “Stock”), and the deregistration of the Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company expects that the Form 25 filing will become effective on December 28, 2017.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
The Company issued a press release regarding its voluntary delisting from NASDAQ, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 8, 2017 | |
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.
| bebe stores, inc. | ||||
| Date: December 8, 2017 | By: |
/s/ Walter Parks | ||
| Walter Parks, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||