Current Report on Form 8-K

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): July 12, 2007

 


INTER-TEL (DELAWARE), INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware   0-10211   86-0220994

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1615 S. 52nd Street

Tempe, Arizona

  85281
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 449-8900

N/A

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously disclosed, the Company and certain members of the Company’s board of directors are defendants in a stockholder class action suit filed on June 15, 2006 entitled Mercier v. Inter-Tel (Delaware), Inc., et al., No. 2226-VCS, in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. On July 12, 2007, plaintiff filed a Verified Second Supplement to the Second Amended Complaint filed on March 27, 2007. The Company and Director defendants believe that these claims, as well as the other claims in the above litigation, are without merit and intend to vigorously defend against them.

A copy of the Verified Second Supplement to the Second Amended Complaint is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit   

Description

99.1    Verified Second Supplement to the Second Amended Complaint, Mercier v. Inter-Tel (Delaware), Incorporated, Del. Ch., C.A. No. 2226-VCS, July 12, 2007.


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.

 

  INTER-TEL (DELAWARE), INCORPORATED
Date: July 13, 2007   By:  

/s/ Norman Stout

  Name:   Norman Stout
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit  

Description

99.1   Verified Second Supplement to the Second Amended Complaint, Mercier v. Inter-Tel (Delaware), Incorporated, Del. Ch., C.A. No. 2226-VCS, July 12, 2007.