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): September 15, 2016
INGRAM MICRO INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 1-12203 | 62-1644402 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
3351 Michelson Drive, Suite 100
Irvine, California 92612-0697
(Address, including zip code of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (714) 566-1000
(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):
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Item 5.04. Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans.
On September 15, 2016, Ingram Micro Inc. (“Ingram Micro”) received a notice from Fidelity regarding an anticipated blackout period for the Ingram Micro 401(k) Investment Savings Plan (the “Plan”) for Plan participants with a balance in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund. The blackout period will be implemented in connection with the anticipated closing of Ingram Micro’s previously announced acquisition by Tianjin Tianhai Investment Company, Ltd. (“Tianjin Tianhai”). Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) among Ingram Micro, Tianjin Tianhai and GCL Acquisition, Inc. (“Merger Subsidiary”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into Ingram Micro (the “Merger”), with Ingram Micro surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tianjin Tianhai. A description of the Merger Agreement is available under Item 1.01 of Ingram Micro’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2016 and a copy of the Merger Agreement was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to such Current Report on Form 8-K.
The blackout period will be necessary in order to process the exchange of each share of common stock of Ingram Micro held in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund under the Plan into the right to receive $38.90 in cash, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and to reallocate such amounts to certain Fidelity Freedom K® Funds based on the participant’s date of birth on file with Ingram Micro as sponsor of the Plan. Participants in the Plan have been advised that, if the Merger is completed as expected, there will be a blackout period wherein Plan participants will be unable to direct or diversify assets held in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund or to obtain a loan, withdrawal or distribution from Plan accounts with a balance in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund under the Plan and that such blackout period is expected to start before the end of 2016, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time two business days before the expected closing date of the Merger. The blackout period is expected to end during the week following the closing date of the Merger. Since Ingram Micro does not yet know the actual closing date of the Merger due to Ingram Micro not having control over the timing of governmental approvals, it is unable to determine the exact dates for the blackout period at this time.
As a result of the foregoing, on September 19, 2016, in accordance with Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation BTR as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ingram Micro sent a separate notice (“Notice”) to its directors and executive officers informing them of the blackout period and certain trading prohibitions that they will be subject to during the blackout period.
A copy of the Notice, which includes the information specified in Rule 104(b) of Regulation BTR, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Notice of Blackout Period to Directors and Executive Officers dated September 19, 2016 | |
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.
INGRAM MICRO INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Larry C. Boyd | |
Name: | Larry C. Boyd | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, | |
Secretary and General Counsel | ||
Date: September 19, 2016
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Notice of Blackout Period to Directors and Executive Officers dated September 19, 2016 | |
Exhibit 99.1
To: Members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of Ingram Micro Inc.
Date: September 19, 2016
Re: Notice of Blackout Period to Directors and Executive Officers
Pursuant to Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation BTR promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), we are required to notify you if restrictions are imposed on your trading in equity securities of Ingram Micro Inc. (the “Company”) due to the implementation of a blackout period (the “Blackout Period”) under the Ingram Micro 401(k) Investment Savings Plan (the “Plan”).
The Blackout Period will be implemented in connection with the anticipated closing of the Company’s previously announced acquisition by Tianjin Tianhai Investment Company, Ltd. (“Tianjin Tianhai”). Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) among the Company, Tianjin Tianhai and GCL Acquisition, Inc. (“Merger Subsidiary”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tianjin Tianhai. The Blackout Period will be necessary in order to process the exchange of each share of common stock of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) held in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund under the Plan into the right to receive $38.90 in cash, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and to reallocate such amounts to certain Fidelity Freedom K® Funds based on the participant’s date of birth on file with the Company as sponsor of the Plan. Participants in the Plan have been advised that, if the Merger is completed as expected, there will be a Blackout Period wherein Plan participants will be unable to direct or diversify assets held in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund or to obtain a loan, withdrawal or distribution from Plan accounts with a balance in the Ingram Micro Stock Fund under the Plan and that such Blackout Period is expected to start before the end of 2016, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time two business days before the expected closing date of the Merger. The Blackout Period is expected to end during the week following the closing date of the Merger. Since the Company does not yet know the actual closing date of the Merger due to the Company not having control over the timing of governmental approvals, it is unable to determine the exact dates for the blackout period at this time. Once such dates are known, a supplemental notice will be provided.
During the Blackout Period you generally may not, directly or indirectly, purchase, sell or otherwise acquire or transfer any Company Common Stock (or other Company equity securities, including derivative securities) that you may acquire or previously acquired in connection with your service or employment as a director or executive officer of the Company. These prohibitions apply to you and to members of your immediate family, family members who share your household, as well as trusts, corporations and other persons or entities whose equity ownership may be attributed to you. There is a rebuttable presumption that any Company equity securities that you purchase, sell or otherwise transfer during the Blackout Period were acquired in connection with your service or employment as a director or executive officer of the Company. These restrictions do not apply to your disposition of Company Common Stock or other Company equity or derivative securities in the Merger.
Please note that these restrictions do not apply to certain limited transactions in Company securities, which include (i) dividend reinvestments pursuant to a broad-based plan, (ii) transactions pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan that is not entered into or modified during the Blackout Period or during a time when the director or executive officer was aware of the actual or approximate beginning or end dates of the Blackout Period and (iii) certain bona fide gifts.
Given the complexity of these rules and the short period involved, you are urged to avoid any discretionary change in your beneficial ownership of the Company during the Blackout Period. Even if you think an exception applies, we ask that you not trade in any Company Common Stock or other Company equity or derivative security during the Blackout Period unless you have received permission from Larry C. Boyd, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company.
If you engage in a transaction that violates the restrictions described above, regardless of your intent in entering into such transaction, all profits realized from such transaction are subject to disgorgement and sanctions under the Exchange Act, including SEC enforcement action.
These Blackout Period restrictions are separate from, and in addition to, any other restrictions on trading Company Common Stock or other Company equity securities applicable to the Company’s directors and executive officers, as may be in effect from time to time (including during the Blackout Period).
This notice will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a Current Report on Form 8-K.
During the Blackout Period and for a period of two years after the end date thereof, you and security holders or other interested persons may obtain, without charge, information regarding the Blackout Period, including the actual beginning and end dates of the Blackout Period, by contacting the Company’s benefits department at open.enrollment@ingrammicro.com or c/o Ingram Micro Inc., 3351 Michelson Drive, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92612, (714) 566-1000. Please direct inquiries about the Blackout Period, including questions and requests for pre-clearance of your transactions in equity securities of the Company, or questions regarding exempt transactions, to Larry C. Boyd, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Ingram Micro Inc., 3351 Michelson Drive, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92612, (714) 566-1000.