8-K 1 a05-18670_18k.htm 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): October 20, 2005

 

 

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-13317

 

13-3460176

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

6305 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California

 

92009

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 931-5500

 

Not Applicable.

(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):

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On October 20, 2005, we entered into a Product Supplement/Award Letter with Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems International B.V. (collectively, “Sun”), pursuant to our Product Purchase Agreement with Sun, as amended (the “PPA”).  This Product Supplement/Award Letter adds certain next generation disk array controller and chassis storage products to the PPA under the product family name SE-3320, which are intended to be successor products to certain disk array and chassis storage products currently available to Sun under the PPA.  These new next generation disk array controller and chassis storage products will be designed to be compliant with European Union Directive 2002/95/EC with regard to the restriction on the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Preston Romm

 

 

Preston Romm
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President,
Finance, Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

Date: October 24, 2005

 

 

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