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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 29, 2000
CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 0-10228 04-2797263
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
Of Incorporation) Number) Indentification No.)
35 Industrial Way, Rochester, NH 03867
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(603) 332-9400
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(Registrant's telephone number including area code)
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The undersigned registrant hereby amends Item 5 of its Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11,
2000, regarding an event occurring on August 29, 2000.
ITEM 5. CHANGE IN BOARD APPOINTEE
In connection with an investment on August 29, 2000, by an investor group
led by Silver Lake Partners, L.P. ("Silver Lake") (collectively, the
"Investors") in Cabletron Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Cabletron")
and its four separate operating subsidiaries: Aprisma Management Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Enterasys Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
GlobalNetwork Technology Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Riverstone
Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Cabletron appointed Mr. David J. Roux to
serve as the initial Investor-designated member of the Board of Directors of
Cabletron, to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders.
Following his appointment to the Cabletron Board of Directors on August 29,
2000, Silver Lake determined that another officer of Silver Lake, Mr. James A.
Davidson, should serve as the Investor designee to the Cabletron Board of
Directors. As a result, on September 22, 2000, Mr. Roux tendered his
resignation from the Cabletron Board of Directors, and at a duly authorized
meeting, the Cabletron Board of Directors voted to accept Mr. Roux's resignation
and to appoint Mr. Davidson to serve as his replacement.
James A. Davidson is one of the founders of Silver Lake, an investment firm
with $2.2 billion of committed capital. Silver Lake primarily makes larger
scale investments in technology and related growth companies. Prior to founding
Silver Lake in 1999, he was a Managing Director at Hambrecht & Quist where he
was Head of Technology Investment Banking and before that, Head of the firm's
Mergers and Acquisitions business. Mr. Davidson was also a member of the
Hambrecht & Quist's Commitment Committee. Mr. Davidson currently serves on the
boards of SubmitOrder and Sales.com. He received a B.S. from the University of
Nebraska and J.D. from the University of Michigan.
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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.
CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: September 29, 2000 By /s/ David J. Kirkpatrick
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David J. Kirkpatrick
Chief Financial Officer and
Director of Finance
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