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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
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 9, 1999
LINKON CORPORATION
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(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Nevada 0-19705 13-3469932
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
organization)
587 Connecticut Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut 06854
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(Address of Prinicipal Executive Offices) Zip Code
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 866-8000
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Item 5. Other Events.
The Board of Directors of PacketPort.com, Inc. (formerly known as
Linkon Corporation, designed Thursday, December 9, 1999 as the effective date of
the change of the corporate name of Linkon Corporation to PacketPort.com, Inc.
as well as the effective date of a three share for one share split of its common
stock.
The information concerning the change of name, change of par value and
change of the trading symbol on the OTC Bulletin Board from LKON to PKPT was
made the subject of a press release distributed to the marketplace by way of a
PR newswire and Businesswire on December 10, 1999. A copy of the press release
in questions is attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.
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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 there unto duly authorized.
Linkon Corporation
(Registrant)
Date: December 16, 1999 By: /s/ Thomas Cerabona
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Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 99
PACKETPORT.COM, INC. STARTS TRADING UNDER THE SYMBOL "PKPT"
NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1999--PacketPort.com, Inc. (OTC BB:
PKPT) announced effective December 9, 1999, after giving effect for a three (3)
share for one (1) share reverse split of the common stock of Linkon Corp. (OTC
BB:LKON), that PacketPort.com is now trading post split under the symbol PKPT on
the NASD Over the Counter Bulletin Board.
Formerly Linkon Corporation, PacketPort.com has undergone a recapitalization and
restructuring of its operations. PacketPort.com is a leading provider of
Internet Telephony hardware and software solutions.
About PacketPort.com, Inc.
PacketPort.com develops and markets Internet Protocol Telephony products and
services for the Internet, telecom and other data networking industries.
PacketPort.com (previously Linkon) was recently named as one of Deloitte &
Touche's "Fast 50," a group of the fastest growing companies in Connecticut. The
magazine, Internet Telephony, named the Corporation's LinkNet IP Telephony
Switch as a "Product of the Year" for 1998. PacketPort.com's products are sold
to end-users and through system integrators, application developers, value-added
resellers and original equipment manufacturers.
Other IP Telephony companies include Deltathree.com (NASDAQ: DDDC), iBasis
(NASDAQ: IBAS), ITXC Corp. (NASDAQ: ITXC), Liberate Technologies (NASDAQ: LBRT),
Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP), Phone.com (NASDAQ: PHCM), Audiocodes (NASDAQ: AUDC),
Natural Microsystems (NASDAQ: NMSS), Netspeak (NASDAQ: NSPK), and Clarent
(NASDAQ: CLRN).
