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): January 6, 2010 (January 4, 2010)

 

 

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   000-23599   04-2741391

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

201 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 256-1300

Not Applicable

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

Russell K. Johnsen resigned as a director and the Chairman of the Board of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. effective January 4, 2010. Vincent Vitto, a non-employee member of the Board of Directors, was elected Chairman of the Board on January 5, 2010.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. issued a press release on January 6, 2010, announcing the resignation of Mr. Johnsen as Chairman of the Board and a director, and the election of Mr. Vitto as Chairman of the Board as described in this Current Report. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

   

Description

99.1

    Press Release issued by Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. on January 6, 2010.

 

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SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: January 6, 2010   MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
  By:  

/S/    ALEX A. VAN ADZIN        

    Alex A. Van Adzin
   

Vice President, General Counsel,

and Corporation Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press Release issued by Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. on January 6, 2010.

 

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