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 |
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Date of Report: January 15, 2019 |
(Date of earliest event reported) |
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Data I/O Corporation |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 0-10394 |
Washington |
91-0864123 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
6645 185th Ave. N.E., Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052 |
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) |
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(425) 881-6444 |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
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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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Items reported in this filing:
Item 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure
Data I/O will be participating in the annual Needham Growth Conference on January 16, 2019 in New York at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. The Company will host a group presentation and one-on-one meetings with institutional investment firms that may be scheduled though the Company’s investor relations representative Jordan Darrow of Darrow Associates at 512-551-9296 or jdarrow@darrowir.com. Our investor presentation is posted in the investor relations section of the Company’s website (www.dataio.com).
Mr. Ambrose, President & CEO of Data I/O, will be providing an update on the Company’s stock buyback program disclosing repurchases totaling $533 thousand as of December 31, 2018. The program was authorized and started in the fourth quarter of 2018 for share purchases of up to $2 million and for up to one year.
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.
Data I/O Corporation
January 15, 2019 By _/s/Joel S. Hatlen_________
Joel S. Hatlen
Vice President
Chief Operating & Financial Officer
Secretary and Treasurer