Unassociated Document
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) August 13,
2009
JESUP & LAMONT,
INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Florida
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1-31292
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56-3627212
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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650
Fifth Avenue
3rd
Floor
New
York, NY 10019
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(Address
Of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code 800-356-2092
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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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:
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01:
Other Events.
On August 13, 2009, Jesup & Lamont,
Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from NYSE Amex that it had regained
compliance with all continued listing standards of NYSE
Amex. Following its review of financial and quantitative listing
standards, as well as previously noted governance and corporate matters, NYSE
Amex confirmed that the Company is now in compliance with the standards of
continued listing contained in Sections 704 and 801(h) of the NYSE Amex Company
Guide.
A copy of the press release announcing
the Company’s regaining of compliance is furnished as Exhibit 99.1
hereto. This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act.
Item
9.01: Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
99.1 Press
Release dated August 17, 2009.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current
Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly
authorized.
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Empire
Financial Holding Company
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Dated: August
17, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Alan Weichselbaum
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Alan
Weichselbaum
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Chief
Executive Officer
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