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 21, 2007
SPANSION INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware |
000-51666 | 20-3898239 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
915 DeGuigne Drive
P.O. Box 3453
Sunnyvale, California 94088-3453
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 962-2500
N/A
(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:
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers |
(b) On September 21, 2007, Sylvia Summers gave notice of her resignation as Executive Vice President, Consumer, Set-top Box, and Industrial Division (“CSID”) of Spansion Inc. (the “Company”), effective September 28, 2007.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On September 26, 2007, the Company announced that it appointed Thomas T. Eby as the Company’s Executive Vice President, CSID, effective October 1, 2007. He will oversee all marketing, product and platform engineering, infrastructure development and program management functions for CSID.
On September 26, 2007, the Company announced that it appointed Jeffrey W. Davis as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, effective October 1, 2007. He will be responsible for corporate and strategic marketing, corporate communications, regional marketing, business development, systems engineering, sales, sales operations and field applications engineering.
A copy of the press release announcing the appointments of Messrs. Eby and Davis is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 26, 2007. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SPANSION INC. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: September 26, 2007 | By: | /s/ Robert C. Melendres | ||||
| Name: | Robert C. Melendres | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Development | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 26, 2007. |
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Exhibit 99.1
News Release
Press Contact:
Courtney Brigham
+1 408-616-5056
courtney.brigham@spansion.com
Investor Contact
Bob Okunski
+1 408 616-1117
bob.okunski@spansion.com
Spansion Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Tom Eby Named Executive Vice
President, Consumer, Set-top Box and Industrial Division (CSID)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sept. 26, 2007 – Spansion Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSN), the world’s largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, today announced Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Tom Eby has been named executive vice president of the company’s Consumer, Set-top Box, and Industrial Division (CSID), replacing Sylvia Summers who is leaving the company to pursue other interests. In his new role, Eby will continue to report to the Office of the CEO.
“I would like to thank Sylvia for her outstanding contributions to the growth of Spansion’s CSID business. We wish her well in her new endeavors,” said Bertrand Cambou, president and CEO of Spansion Inc. “Tom has a breadth and depth of experience through his more than 25 years at Spansion and AMD that are unmatched. He has played a significant role in the impressive share gains and revenue growth Spansion has achieved over the past several years. Now as EVP of CSID, he can focus his expertise even more directly on one of Spansion’s most successful and growing businesses.”
Eby brings over 25 years of experience in semiconductor sales, marketing, strategy, business development and general management to his role. As chief marketing and sales officer, he was responsible for driving global sales, identifying new market opportunities and associated strategic partners, leading business development, enhancing Spansion’s systems-level capabilities, and driving Spansion’s corporate marketing and communications efforts. Prior to his chief marketing and sales officer role, Eby was Spansion’s executive vice president responsible for integrating the former AMD and Fujitsu assets that were contributed to form Spansion LLC. Before his Spansion roles, Eby worked in numerous capacities at AMD.
The Spansion Worldwide Sales organization will continue to operate under the leadership of Jeff Davis, executive vice president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, who will now report directly to the Office of the CEO. Other Spansion organizations previously reporting to Eby have been consolidated and reassigned to other vice presidents in order to streamline the organization of the company.
About Spansion
Spansion is a leading Flash memory solutions provider, dedicated to enabling, storing and protecting digital content in the wireless, automotive, networking and consumer electronics markets. Spansion, previously a joint venture of AMD and Fujitsu, is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling Flash memory solutions. For more information, visit www.spansion.com.
Spansion®, the Spansion Logo, MirrorBit®, MirrorBit® Eclipse™, ORNAND™, HD-SIM™ and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Spansion LLC in the US and other countries. Other names used are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.