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 3, 2012
ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 000-23262 | 04-2921333 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1601 Trapelo Road Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(781) 663-5001
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On April 3, 2012, in response to the letter received from Handy & Harman Ltd. (“HNH”), dated March 27, 2012, in which HNH requested inspection of stocklist materials and certain other books and records of ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company is sending a letter to HNH advising HNH that, among other things, the Company has not denied any requests from its stockholders to be granted an exemption under Section 28 of the Company’s Tax Benefit Preservation Plan dated as of October 17, 2011 that have been presented to the Company’s board of directors (an “Exemption Request”) to date and that the Company’s board of directors intends to continue to consider Exemption Requests it may receive in the future in accordance with the terms of the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan.
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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.
| MODUSLINK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 3, 2012 | By: | /s/ Peter L. Gray | ||||
| Name: | Peter L. Gray | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |||||