Form 8-K

 

 

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 8, 2010

 

 

LOGO

Adaptec, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-15071   94-2748530

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

691 S. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, California, 95035

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(408) 945-8600

(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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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On March 8, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Adaptec, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to section 2.1 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended Bylaws”), to be effective immediately, to reduce the number of authorized directors on the Board from seven (7) to five (5). The foregoing description of the material terms of the Amended Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Amended Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed with this report:

 

3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Adaptec, Inc., as amended on March 8, 2010

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.

 

Adaptec, Inc.
By:   /s/ Mary L. Dotz
  Name:   Mary L. Dotz
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Dated: March 9, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description of Exhibit

3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Adaptec, Inc., as amended on March 8, 2010