Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): April 3, 2023

Boxed, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39817	85-3316188
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

61 Broadway, Floor 30

New York, New York 10006

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(646) 586-5599

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share		BOXD		New York Stock Exchange*

On April 3, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) determined to commence proceedings to delist the common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Boxed, Inc. from the NYSE and suspended trading of the Common Stock.

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).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 3.01.

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On April 3, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) notified Boxed, Inc. (the “Company”) that the NYSE determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, from the NYSE and that trading in the Company’s common stock would be suspended immediately, pursuant to Section 802.01D of the NYSE Listed Company Manual after the Company filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on April 2, 2023. The NYSE issued a press release stating the foregoing on April 3, 2023. The NYSE will apply to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the Company’s securities upon completion of all applicable procedures. The Company does not intend to appeal the NYSE’s determination.

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.