Edgar Filing: GARTNER INC

Gartner, Inc.

Date: April 1, 2019

/s/ Craig W. Safian

Craig W. Safian

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Form 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)

April 1, 2019

GARTNER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-14443

04-3099750

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

P.O. Box 10212

56 Top Gallant Road

Stamford, CT 06902-7747

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(203) 316-1111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

Gartner, Inc. (the “Company” or “Gartner”) continues to expect double-digit contract value growth in its Global Business Sales in 2019 and to achieve the financial results for the first quarter and full year of 2019 that it discussed during its fourth quarter 2018 earnings conference call on February 5, 2019.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 1, 2019, Mr. David McVeigh, previously the Company’s Executive Vice President, New Market Programs, assumed the role of Executive Vice President, Global Business Sales. Mr. Kenneth Allard has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, New Market Programs.

Mr. Chris Thomas, Executive Vice President, Business Sales, will leave the Company effective April 15, 2019 for personal reasons. There has been no disagreement between Mr. Thomas and Gartner around strategy, financials or business practices.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to 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.