Edgar Filing: RED HAT INC

Date: January 30, 2018

RED HAT, INC.

/s/ Eric R. Shander

Name: Eric R. Shander

Title: Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer

8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 30, 2018

Red Hat, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-33162		06-1364380
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 East Davie Street, Raleigh, North Carolina		27601
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(919) 754-3700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 30, 2018, Red Hat, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Red Hat”), CoreOS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CoreOS”), Castle Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red Hat (“Castle”), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as holder agent, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which, upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions in the Merger Agreement, Red Hat will acquire CoreOS through a merger of Castle with and into CoreOS (the “Merger”). The closing of the Merger is conditioned upon customary closing conditions, including approval by the stockholders of CoreOS. A press release announcing this transaction, as well as information on the anticipated impact of such transaction on Red Hat’s guidance for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ending February 28, 2018, was issued on January 30, 2018 and is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated January 30, 2018

SIGNATURE

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.