UNITED
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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 22, 2003
Dot
Hill Systems Corp.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
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13-3460176 |
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6305 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California |
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92009 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 931-5500 |
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Not Applicable. |
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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Item 5. |
Other Events. |
On October 22, 2003, we announced that a complaint was filed against us in the United States District Court in Austin, Texas by Crossroads Systems on October 17, 2003. The complaint alleges patent infringement by Dot Hill of United States Patent Nos. 5,941,972 and 6,425,035, relating to storage routers and methods for providing virtual local storage. The press release dated October 22, 2003 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Exhibits |
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99.1 Press release of Dot Hill Systems Corp. dated October 22, 2003. |
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99.2 Press release of Dot Hill Systems Corp. dated October 22, 2003. |
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On October 22, 2003, we disclosed unaudited financial information for the third quarter of 2003 in the earnings release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information in Item 12 and Exhibit 99.2 of this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 12 and Exhibit 99.2 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement of other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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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.
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DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ Preston Romm |
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Preston Romm |
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Chief Financial Officer, Vice President , |
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Finance, Secretary and Treasurer |
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Date: October 22, 2003 |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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99.1 |
Press release of Dot Hill Systems Corp. dated October 22, 2003. |
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99.2 |
Press release of Dot Hill Systems Corp. dated October 22, 2003. |
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