ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On July 28, 2009, in connection with the recent sale of 16.5 million shares
of the Company's common stock by one of its shareholders, NC Telecom Holding A/S
("NC Holding"), pursuant to an underwritten public offering, and in accordance
with the terms of the shareholder agreement entered into by the Company with NC
Holding upon the Closing of the Company's acquisition of Dangaard Telecom A/S,
the Company requested that NC Holding identify two of the three directors that
it proposed for nomination to resign from the Company's Board of Directors. NC
Holding identified Messrs. Jorn P. Jensen and Jan Gesmar-Larsen, who have
resigned from the Company's Board of Directors effective July 28, 2009.
ITEM 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On July 28, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to
Article IV Section 5 of the Company's By-Laws to opt out of Indiana Business
Corporation Law Section 23-1-33-6 (c), which mandates a classified board
structure by adding the following sentence to the end of such section:
"The provisions of Section 23-1-33-6 (c) of the Indiana Business
Corporation Law shall not apply to the Corporation."
The description of the forgoing amendment to the By-Laws is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the By-Laws, as approved by the Board
of Directors on July 28, 2009, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 8.01 Other Events.
On July 28, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board
of Directors had approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Company to
repurchase up to $50 million of its common shares. The program is effective
immediately and will expire on July 31, 2011. This is the only share repurchase
program the Company currently has in place. A copy of this press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 Exhibits.
3.2 By-Laws of Brightpoint, Inc. as Amended and Restated as of June 3, 2004 and
Amended as of December 20, 2007 and July 28, 2009.
99.1 Press Release of Brightpoint, Inc. dated July 28, 2009.