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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;6, 2008 </FONT></P> <P
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>AMPEX CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>0-20292</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Commission File Number)</B></FONT></TD>
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SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1228 Douglas Avenue </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Redwood City, California 94063-3117 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address and zip code of principal
executive offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(650) 367-2011 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On May&nbsp;8, 2008, Ampex Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that it has informed The Nasdaq Stock Market (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;) that the
Company no longer wishes to appeal Nasdaq&#146;s determination to delist the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) from Nasdaq. Accordingly, the Common Stock will be delisted from Nasdaq, effective as of the open of
business on Thursday, May&nbsp;8, 2008. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As previously reported in the Company&#146;s Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;11, 2008, the staff of
Nasdaq&#146;s Listing Qualifications Department determined, using its discretionary authority under Marketplace Rule 4300 and IM-4300, that the Common Stock would be delisted from Nasdaq, and a Form 25-NSE would be filed with the Commission to
deregister the Common Stock, unless the Company appealed Nasdaq&#146;s determination. Nasdaq&#146;s determination to delist the Common Stock was based on the Company&#146;s filing of a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code on March&nbsp;30, 2008, associated public interest concerns raised by it, concerns regarding the residual equity interests of the Company&#146;s existing Common Stockholders and the Company&#146;s ability to sustain compliance with
all of Nasdaq&#146;s continued listing requirements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company requested a hearing to appeal the determination, but subsequently
notified Nasdaq of its decision to withdraw its request. Accordingly, on May&nbsp;6, 2008, Nasdaq&#146;s Office of General Counsel, Hearings, informed the Company that it had received the Company&#146;s withdrawal request, and that the Common Stock
would be delisted on May&nbsp;8, 2008. A copy of the Company&#146;s press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release of Ampex Corporation dated May&nbsp;8, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Joel D. Talcott</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release of Ampex Corporation dated May 8, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Karen L. Dexter</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(650) 367-4111</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>NASDAQ TO DELIST AMPEX COMMON STOCK </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May&nbsp;8, 2008 &#151; Ampex Corporation (Nasdaq: AMPX) today announced that it has informed the Nasdaq Office of General Counsel, Hearings, that
it no longer wishes to appeal the Staff&#146;s determination to delist Ampex Corporation&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock from The Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company has been informed that its Class&nbsp;A Common Stock will be delisted, effective as
of the opening of business on Thursday, May&nbsp;8, 2008. Nasdaq&#146;s determination to delist the Company&#146;s Common Stock was based on the Company&#146;s filing of a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on
March&nbsp;30, 2008, and associated public interest concerns raised by it, concerns regarding the residual equity interests of existing Common Stockholders, and the Company&#146;s ability to sustain compliance with all of Nasdaq&#146;s continued
listing requirements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ampex Corporation, headquartered in Redwood City, California, is one of the world&#146;s leading innovators and licensors of
technologies for the visual information age. Additional information about Ampex is available on the Internet at <U>www.ampex.com</U>, as well as on a new toll-free Ampex Restructuring Hot Line at (800)&nbsp;767-8328. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This news release contains predictions, projections and other statements about the future that are intended to be &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the Company&#146;s actual results, performance or
achievements, or industry results, to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, but are not limited
to, those described in the Company&#146;s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the other documents the Company periodically files with the SEC, as well as the risks
of limited liquidity and other risks relating to the delisting of the Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, and the effects of the chapter 11 case on the Class&nbsp;A Common Stock and the Company&#146;s equity holders. In assessing forward-looking statements,
readers are urged to consider carefully these cautionary statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release, and the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update such statements. </FONT></P>
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