Form 8-K

 

 

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): April 10, 2011

 

 

EMC CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   1-9853   No. 04-2680009

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA   01748
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 435-1000

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):

 

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

On April 10, 2011, Michael J. Cronin, a member of the Board of Directors of EMC Corporation (“EMC” or the “Company”), passed away. Mr. Cronin served as a director of the Company since May 1990 and was also a member of the Audit Committee and the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee. EMC is deeply appreciative of Mr. Cronin’s many years of dedicated service and his many contributions to the success of the Company.

At this time, the Board of Directors is not recommending another nominee for election at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and has reduced the size of the Board from eleven members to ten members.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

EMC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Paul T. Dacier

  Paul T. Dacier
  Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Date: April 12, 2011

 

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