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): March 2, 2011

 

 

ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-23262   04-2921333

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1100 Winter Street  
Waltham, Massachusetts   02451
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 663-5001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

On March 2, 2011, the Board of Directors of ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective immediately, which amended and restated the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws to re-designate Article XI as Article XII, Article XII as Article XIII and Article XIII as Article XIV and to add a new Article XI that provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (as each may be amended from time to time) or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

The Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The exhibit listed in the Exhibit Index below is filed with this report.


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.

 

  ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.
Date:    March 4, 2011   By:  

/s/    Peter L. Gray

            Peter L. Gray
            Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

3.1    Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.