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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): February 19, 2020

 

GTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware   001-35965   20-2096338
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

7900 Tysons One Place

Suite 1450

McLean, VA 22102

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (703) 442-5500

 

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 (See General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share   GTT  

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

On February 19, 2020, the Board of Directors of GTT Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws to provide that the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be not more than eleven nor less than one, as fixed by the Board of Directors. The amendment increases the maximum number of Directors from ten to eleven.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

The Company will nominate Zachary Sternberg for election to the Company’s Board of Directors at its 2020 annual meeting to fill the newly authorized Board seat.  Mr. Sternberg is a Co-Founder of The Spruce House Partnership LLC (“Spruce House”), and a Managing Member of its general partner and investment advisor.  Spruce House is a substantial stockholder in the Company.

 

  Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
3.1   Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated By-Laws of GTT Communications, Inc.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File-the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

 

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  GTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
   
Date: February 25, 2020 By: /s/ Chris McKee
    Name: Chris McKee
    Title: Secretary and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDMENT No. 1

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

GTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

Section 3.02 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of GTT Communications, Inc. is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in lieu thereof:

 

SECTION 3.02 NUMBER AND QUALIFICATIONS. The number of directors constituting the whole Board, which shall be defined as the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies, shall be not more than eleven or less than one. The authorized number of directors, within the limits above specified, shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then serving given at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors; provided, that if the number so determined is to be increased or decreased, notice of the proposed increase or decrease shall be included in the notice of such meeting unless all of the directors at the time in office are present at such meeting or those not present shall at any time waive or have waived notice thereof in writing or by Specified Transmission (as defined in Section 3.06); and provided further, that the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall not be reduced to a number less than the number of directors then in office unless such reduction shall become effective only at and after the next meeting of stockholders for the election of directors or upon the resignation of an incumbent director. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.”

 

Adopted and effective as of February 19, 2020.