8-K

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

Date: January 9, 2017

/s/ Ellen A. O’Donnell

Ellen A. O’Donnell

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

0001193125-17-005861.txt : 20170109 0001193125-17-005861.hdr.sgml : 20170109 20170109171202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-005861 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170104 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20170109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001009626 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576] IRS NUMBER: 770409517 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1029 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25601 FILM NUMBER: 17518540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 HOLGER WAY CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95134-1376 BUSINESS PHONE: (408) 333-8000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 HOLGER WAY CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95134-1376 8-K 1 d286548d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 4, 2017

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-25601

77-0409517

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

130 Holger Way

San Jose, CA 95134-1376

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(408) 333-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

As previously reported, on November 2, 2016, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Broadcom Limited (“Ultimate Parent”), Broadcom Corporation and Bobcat Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Ultimate Parent. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Merger cannot be completed until the waiting period applicable to the Merger under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), has expired or been terminated, the parties have obtained affirmative approval or clearance required under the antitrust laws of the European Union, Japan and the People’s Republic of China, and the other closing conditions under the Merger Agreement have been satisfied or waived.

Also as previously reported, on November 30, 2016, each of the Company and Ultimate Parent filed a Premerger Notification and Report Form with the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice under the HSR Act, which commenced a waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger that was scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 30, 2016.

In consultation with both the FTC and the Company, Ultimate Parent voluntarily withdrew its Premerger Notification and Report Form effective December 30, 2016, and re-filed the same on January 4, 2017. The withdrawal and refiling are procedural steps that provide the FTC with additional time to complete its review of the proposed Merger. The waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger is now scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on February 3, 2017.

The Company continues to expect that the Merger will be consummated in the second half of its fiscal year 2017 (which begins on April 30, 2017 and ends on October 28, 2017), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all closing conditions.

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.