UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
May 14, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
iPARTY CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-15611 76-0547750
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
270 Bridge Street, Suite 301, Dedham, Massachusetts 02026
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 329-3952
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 24, 2009, we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Proxy Statement in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board of
Directors to be used at our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual
Meeting"). One of the proposals to be voted on at our Annual Meeting was the
approval to conduct a one-time option repricing / exchange under which our named
executive officers, four independent directors and certain senior officers would
be able to elect to exchange certain outstanding stock options issued under our
Amended and Restated 1998 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for a
fewer number of lower priced options with the same vesting conditions and term.
This proposal was Proposal No. 4 in our Proxy Statement and was referred to as
the "Option Repricing / Exchange". We believed that the proposed Option
Repricing / Exchange would create better incentives for our officers and
directors to remain with us and contribute to the attainment of our business and
financial objectives and more effectively align the long term interests of our
executives with our stockholders.
However, we have received stockholder feedback that raised concerns over
the proposed Option Repricing / Exchange. Although we retained the discretion in
the Proxy Statement to abandon the Option Repricing / Exchange at any time prior
to its completion, we determined that withdrawing the Option Repricing /
Exchange before the Annual Meeting would be more responsive to the concerns of
our stockholders.
Following the Annual Meeting, our Compensation Committee will review our
compensation and incentive policies to continue to find ways to retain and
motivate our team in ways that we believe will be more acceptable to our
stockholders.
Our Annual Meeting remains scheduled to be convened on May 27, 2009, at
11:00 A.M., local time, at the offices of Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP,
Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street, 33rd Floor, Boston, MA 02199, at which
time our stockholders will proceed to vote on original Proposal No. 1 (Election
of Directors), Proposal No. 2 (Approval of the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan),
Proposal No. 3 (Approval of the Reverse Stock Split), and Proposal No. 5
(Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2009).
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.
iPARTY CORP.
By: /s/ SAL PERISANO
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Sal Perisano
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: May 14, 2009