UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 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) ~~March~~April 1715, 2016

QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




DE	000-49629	33-0933072
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

25242 Arctic Ocean Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(949) 399-4500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 37.01~~. Notice~~ Regulation ofFD ~~Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing~~ Disclosure

OnAs previously reported in a Current Report filed on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2016, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~received~~filed a ~~letter~~voluntary ~~from~~petition for relief (the ~~staff~~“Bankruptcy ofPetition) ~~The~~under ~~Nasdaq~~chapter ~~Stock~~11 ~~Market~~of ~~LLC~~the United States Code (the “~~Nasdaq~~Bankruptcy Code”) ~~stating~~in ~~that~~the ~~Nasdaq~~United ~~has~~States ~~determined~~Bankruptcy ~~that~~Court for the ~~Company’s~~Central ~~securities~~District ~~will~~of beCalifornia ~~delisted~~(the ~~from~~“Bankruptcy Court”). The ~~Nasdaq~~Company ~~Stock~~continues ~~Market.~~to ~~The~~manage ~~decision~~its ~~was~~properties ~~reached~~and byoperate ~~the~~its ~~staff~~business as debtor-in-possession under ~~Nasdaq~~the ~~Listing~~jurisdiction ~~Rules~~of ~~5101,~~the ~~5110(b)~~Bankruptcy Court and ~~IM-5101-1.~~in ~~The~~accordance ~~letter~~with ~~states~~the ~~that~~applicable ~~trading~~provisions of the ~~Company’s~~Bankruptcy ~~common~~Court ~~stock~~and ~~will~~orders beof ~~suspended at~~ the ~~opening~~Bankruptcy ofCourt. ~~business~~Through onthe ~~Friday,~~Chapter ~~April~~11 1case, ~~2016,~~the ~~and~~Company ~~Nasdaq~~seeks ~~will~~to ~~file~~implement a ~~Form~~sale ~~25-NSE~~of ~~with~~substantially ~~the~~all ~~Securities~~assets ~~and~~of ~~Exchange Commission, which will remove~~ the Company’s ~~securities~~pursuant ~~from~~to ~~listing~~section ~~and~~363(b) ~~registration~~of onthe ~~The~~Bankruptcy ~~Nasdaq~~Code ~~Stock~~(the ~~Market.~~“363 Sale”).

AsOn ~~stated~~April in15, ~~the letter~~2016, ~~Nasdaq's delisting determination was based on: (i)~~ the Company’s ~~press release dated March 23, 2016, announcing it had~~ filed aits ~~voluntary~~initial ~~petition~~monthly ~~for~~operating ~~reorganization~~report ~~under Chapter 11 of~~ (the ~~United~~“Monthly ~~States~~Operating ~~Bankruptcy Code and associated public interest concerns raised by the filing; (ii~~Report”) ~~concerns~~with ~~regarding~~ the ~~residual~~Bankruptcy ~~equity~~Court. The ~~interest~~Monthly ofOperating ~~the~~Report ~~existing~~is ~~listed~~furnished ~~securities~~as ~~holders;~~Exhibit ~~and~~99.1 ~~(iii) concerns about the Company’s ability~~ to ~~sustain~~this ~~compliance~~Current ~~with~~Report ~~all requirements for continued listing~~ on ~~The~~Form ~~Nasdaq~~8-K ~~Stock~~and ~~Market. The~~is ~~Company~~incorporated ~~does~~herein ~~not~~by ~~intend to appeal Nasdaq’s determination~~reference.

OnThe ~~March~~information ~~17,~~contained ~~2016,~~in ~~the~~this ~~Company~~Current ~~received a letter from Nasdaq notifying the Company that because the Company has yet to file its Annual~~ Report on Form 108-K ~~for~~shall ~~the~~not ~~year~~be ~~ended~~deemed ~~December~~“filed” ~~31,~~for ~~2015,~~purposes of the ~~Company~~Securities isExchange ~~not~~Act inof ~~compliance~~1934, ~~with~~as amended (the ~~Nasdaq’s~~“Exchange ~~listing~~Act”) ~~rule~~or ~~5250(c)(1),~~otherwise ~~which~~subject ~~requires~~to ~~timely~~the ~~filing~~liabilities of ~~periodic~~that ~~reports~~section, ~~with~~nor ~~the~~shall ~~Securities~~it ~~and~~be ~~Exchange~~deemed ~~Commission. The~~incorporated ~~notice~~by ~~also~~reference ~~states~~in ~~that~~any ~~the~~filing ~~Company~~under ~~has~~the 60Securities ~~days~~Act ~~from~~of ~~the~~1933, ~~notice~~as ~~date~~amended, toor ~~file~~the aExchange ~~plan~~Act, toexcept ~~regain~~as ~~compliance. The~~shall ~~Company~~be ~~does~~expressly ~~not~~set ~~intend~~forth toby ~~file~~specific areference ~~plan~~in tosuch ~~regain compliance~~filing.

~~The~~Cautionary ~~Company’s~~Note ~~common~~Regarding ~~stock may be immediately eligible to be quoted in~~ the ~~“Pink~~Monthly ~~Sheets.”~~Operating To be quoted on the Pink Sheets, a market maker must sponsor the security and comply with SEC Rule 15c2-11 before it can initiate a quote in a specific security. There can be no assurance that a market maker will apply to quote the Company’s common stock or that the Company’s common stock will become eligible for the Pink Sheets.Report

OnThe ~~March~~Company ~~24,~~cautions ~~2016~~investors and potential investors not to place undue reliance upon the information contained in the Monthly Operating Report, which was not prepared for the purpose of providing the basis for an investment decision relating to any securities of the Company. The ~~issued~~Monthly Operating Report is limited in scope, covers a ~~press~~limited ~~release~~time ~~announcing~~period and has been prepared solely for the ~~receipt~~purpose of complying with the ~~Nasdaq~~monthly ~~notices~~reporting requirements applicable in the Chapter 11 case and is in a format acceptable to the U.S. Trustee. The Company is not required to publicly update the Monthly Operating Report to reflect more current facts or estimates or the occurrence of future events, including if the facts, estimates and assumptions upon which ~~press~~the ~~release~~Monthly Operating Report is ~~filed~~based ~~herewith~~are aserroneous. ~~Exhibit~~The 99Monthly Operating Report was not audited or reviewed by independent accountants, was not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, is in a format prescribed by applicable bankruptcy laws, and is subject to future adjustment (which may be material) and reconciliation.1 There can be no assurance that, from the perspective of an investor or potential investor in the Company’s securities, the Monthly Operating Report is complete. The Monthly Operating Report also contains information for periods which are shorter or otherwise different from those required in the Company’s reports pursuant to the Exchange Act and such information might not be indicative of the Company’s financial condition or operating results for the period that would be reflected in the Company’s financial statements or in its reports pursuant to the Exchange Act. Results set forth in the Monthly Operating Report should not be viewed as indicative of future results.

Other Cautionary Statements

The Company’s shareholders are cautioned that trading in the Company’s common stock during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Case is highly speculative and involves substantial risks. Trading prices for the Company’s common stock may bear little or no relationship to the actual recovery, if any, by shareholders in the Company’s Chapter 11 case. Accordingly, the Company urges extreme caution with respect to existing and future investments in its common shares.

If sufficient funds are not generated by the sale process or any Chapter 11plan in excess of secured claims, priority claims and general unsecured claims, the holders of the Company’s common stock might receive no

distribution on account of their interests and, in the event of a Chapter 11 liquidation plan, their existing common stock may be cancelled. If certain requirements of the Bankruptcy Code are met, a liquidation plan can be confirmed notwithstanding its rejection by the Company’s equity security holders and notwithstanding the fact that such equity security holders do not receive or retain any property or other value in respect of their equity interests.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	~~Press~~Monthly ~~release~~Operating ~~dated~~Report for the period from March 2423, 2016 through March 31, 2016.

SIGNATURES

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.

		QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE, INC.
March 24, 2016	By:	/s/ Kenneth Lombardo
April 21, 2016	By:	/s/ Kenneth R. Lombardo
		Kenneth LombardoGeneral Counsel
		Kenneth R. Lombardo
		General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1	~~Press~~Monthly ~~release~~Operating ~~dated~~Report for the period from March 2423, 2016 through March 31, 2016.

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