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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):         November 20, 2022

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 437-6800

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

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                   ☐

 

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

 

On November 20, 2022, Interface, Inc. (the “Company”) discovered a cybersecurity incident perpetrated by outside actors affecting its information technology systems. In accordance with best practices, the Company promptly initiated response protocols, launched an investigation, retained the services of cybersecurity professionals, including digital forensics specialists, and notified law enforcement authorities.

 

Certain business operations, including inventory management, shipping, invoicing and other production-related systems at our major facilities are disrupted or operating in reduced capacity, resulting in delays in shipping and delivery of some customer orders. The Company is working with its cybersecurity advisors to remediate the affected systems, restore impacted operations and evaluate whether any sensitive information may be affected as a result of the incident. Although the investigation of the incident is ongoing, the Company implemented a series of containment and remediation measures to address this situation and reinforce the security of its information technology systems. At this early stage of the investigation and remediation process, the Company is assessing, but currently unable to estimate, when operations may be substantially restored or what the ultimate effect of the incident on its business, results of operations or financial condition may be.

 

 

Except for historical information contained herein, the other matters set forth in this report are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “may,” “expect,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “could,” "should," "goal," "aim," "objective," “seek,” “project,” “estimate,” “target,” “will” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this report include, without limitation, any statements we make regarding the efficacy of the Company’s investigative and remediation efforts with respect to the recent cybersecurity incident and the effects of such incident on the Company. Any such forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statements, including but not limited to: the risk that investigative and remediation efforts may take an extended period of time, may involve substantial expenditures or may not be successful; the risk that extended disruption to the Company’s operations may have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations or financial conditions; and the risks under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, as supplemented in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2022, particularly the risks described under the following subheading: "Disruptions to or failures of our information technology systems could adversely affect our business". You should consider any additional or updated information we include under the heading “Risk Factors” in our subsequent quarterly and annual reports.

 

Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made. The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements made in this report and cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.

 

ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

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.