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The Company does not intend to appeal this determination. Trading of the Company’s common stock will be suspended at the opening of business on June 2, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 3.01","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839412/000110465923066357/0001104659-23-066357-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Listing & Compliance Notices","details":[{"label":"Exchange","value":"nasdaq"},{"label":"Notice","value":"delisting notice"},{"label":"Rules","value":"5101, 5110(b), IM-5101-1"}],"fact_type":"exchange_compliance_notice"},{"claim_id":"615d5964b7e7bb4be2cf40add94bb91106e95747","claim":"QualTek Services Inc. entered into Restructuring Support Agreement with certain creditors and stockholders (Consenting Creditors and Consenting Stockholders) (effective 2023-05-25).","evidence_excerpt":"On May 24, 2023, QualTek Services Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively with the Company, the “Company Parties”) entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Restructuring Support Agreement”), which became effective on May 25, 2023, with certain of their creditors (the “Consenting Creditors”) and certain of the Company’s stockholders (the “Consenting Stockholders” and, together with the Consenting Creditors, the “Consenting Stakeholders”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839412/000110465923066357/0001104659-23-066357-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"entry"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"certain creditors and stockholders (Consenting Creditors and Consenting Stockholders)"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2023-05-25"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). 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