form8k.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
8-K
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CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May
8, 2009
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BROADPOINT
SECURITIES GROUP, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New
York
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-14140
(Commission
File Number)
22-2655804
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
12
East 49th Street,
31st
Floor
New
York, New York
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
10017
(Zip
Code)
(212) 273-7100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
8.01. Other
Events.
Broadpoint
Securities Group, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that it has elected to
change the date of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, originally scheduled for
May 14, 2009. The new date of the Annual Meeting is June 16, 2009 and
the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and
to vote at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof is
May 5, 2009.
A copy of
the press release announcing these changes to the Board of Directors is
furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
A
definitive proxy statement containing important shareholder information about
the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be
mailed to all holders of the Company’s common stock within the requisite time
period. A preliminary form of that proxy statement has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and is available, together with
other relevant documents, at no charge from the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. The definitive proxy statement, once filed, will also be
available at the SEC’s website at no charge. Shareholders are urged
to read the definitive proxy statement before submitting their
vote. Upon written request, the Company will provide to each
shareholder, without charge, a copy of the Company’s definitive proxy statement
and related documents, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and
Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2009. Requests should be
directed to the Company at 12 East 49th Street, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10017,
Attn: Corporate Secretary. The Company, its officers and
directors may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies with
respect to certain of the proposals, and information regarding these individuals
is and will be contained in the proxy statements referred to above.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 – Press Release of Broadpoint
Securities Group, Inc. dated May 8, 2009.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BROADPOINT SECURITIES
GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Robert I.
Turner
Name: Robert I.
Turner
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
Dated:
May 8, 2009