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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): June 29, 2000
TELXON CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 0-11402 74-1666060
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (COMMISSION (IRS EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION) FILE NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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1000 SUMMIT DRIVE, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45150-2788
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
ISSUER'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (330) 664-1000
Not applicable
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On June 29, 2000, Telxon Corporation (the "Company" or "Registrant")
issued a press release announcing: a restatement of the Company's results of
operations for fiscal years 1999 and 1998 resulting from an agreement made
during the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998 with a value-added distributor on terms
making recognition of the associated revenue more appropriate on a sell-through
basis; and a delay in the filing of its Form 10-K for the ended March 31, 2000
to permit the Company and its current and former independent accountants to
examine and incorporate into the financial statements to be included in the Form
10-K the effects of the restatement and of recent comments received from the
Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporate Finance regarding the
Registrant's previous filings.
A copy of the press release discussing the above and certain related
matters is included as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
99 Press Release issued by the Registrant on June 29, 2000.
SIGNATURES
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.
TELXON CORPORATION
Date: June 29, 2000 By: /s/ Woody M. McGee
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Woody M. McGee
Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer
