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): February 19, 2020

 

GTY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts 001-37931 83-2860149
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100

Las Vegas, Nevada 89144

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (702) 945-2898

 

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   GTYH   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

As previously disclosed, GTY Technology Holdings Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“GTY” or the “Company”), Stephen J. Rohleder and Harry L. You commenced a lawsuit against OpenGov, Inc. (“OpenGov”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York captioned GTY Technology Holdings Inc. et al. v. OpenGov, Inc., No. 18-cv-10854 (the “New York Action”), and on November 20, 2018, OpenGov commenced a lawsuit against the Company, the Company’s predecessor entity, GTY Technology Holdings Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, GTY Technology Merger Sub, Inc., GTY Investors, LLC, Mr. You, Mr. Rohleder and Does 1-50 in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of San Mateo captioned OpenGov, Inc. v. GTY Technology Holdings Inc. et al., No. 18-cv-06264 (the “California Action”).

 

On February 19, 2020, the parties to the New York Action and the California Action entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) to resolve all the pending claims in the New York Action and the California Action, without any admission or concession of wrongdoing by the Company or other defendants. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company will pay OpenGov $3.3 million, net of amounts to be paid to OpenGov by the Company’s insurers, in exchange for a full and complete release of all claims that were or could have been asserted in the New York Action and the California Action.

 

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those statements concerning the litigation matters described above. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Additional important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements are detailed in in the Company’s prospectus on Form 424B4 filed with the SEC on June 6, 2019, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. The information contained in this Form 8-K is a statement of the Company’s present intentions, beliefs or expectations. The Company may change its intentions, beliefs or expectations, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, from the Company’s assumptions and otherwise. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date thereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  GTY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC.
     
  By: /s/ John Curran  
    Name: John Curran
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
Dated: February 19, 2020