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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

May 18, 2022 (May 12, 2022)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
 0-16211
39-1434669
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place,
Charlotte
North Carolina
28277-3607
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(844) 848-0137
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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):

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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 $0.01 per share XRAY 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 ☐

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.
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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On May 12, 2022, DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that, because the Company has not yet filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 (the “10-Q”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the Company no longer complies with the continued listing requirements under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires Nasdaq-listed companies to timely file all periodic reports with the Commission.

As previously reported by the Company in its Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2022, the Company was unable to file the 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 within the prescribed period because the Company’s Audit and Finance Committee, together with independent outside counsel, is conducting an investigation concerning the Company’s use of incentives to sell products to distributors in the third and fourth quarters of 2021, whether those incentives were appropriately accounted for and whether the impact of those sales was adequately disclosed in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Commission.

This notice from Nasdaq has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq. The Company has 60 days within which to either cure the deficiency or to submit a plan to Nasdaq showing how it intends to regain compliance. If Nasdaq accepts the plan submitted by the Company, Nasdaq can grant an extension of the grace period for shares of the Company’s common stock to remain listed for up to 180 calendar days from the 10-Q’s due date to regain compliance.

The Company intends to file the 10-Q with the Commission as soon as practicable.

Forward Looking Statements

All statements in this Form 8-K that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute “forward-looking statements.” These statements represent current expectations and beliefs. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements, many of which are outside of our control. Furthermore, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently amplified by and may continue to be amplified by or may, in the future, be amplified by, the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and the impact of varying private and governmental responses that affect our customers, employees, vendors and the economies and communities where they operate. For a written description of these factors, see the section titled “Risk Factors” in Dentsply Sirona’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. No assurance can be given that any expectation, belief, goal or plan set forth in any forward-looking statement can or will be achieved, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements which speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake any obligation to update or release any revisions to any forward-looking statement or to report any events or circumstances after the date of this Form 8-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No. Description
99.1      DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. press release, dated May 18, 2022
104 Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document)




SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

            DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

By:
/s/ Cherée H. Johnson
Cherée H. Johnson
Senior Vice President – Chief Legal
Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: May 18, 2022

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