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): December 19, 2007

 


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)

 


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

(d) Election of a Director

On December 19, 2007, the Board of Directors of EMC elected Paul Sagan as a member of the Board, effective immediately, to fill a vacancy on the Board. Mr. Sagan was also appointed to the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Directors.

A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Sagan to the EMC Board of Directors is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in the Exhibit attached to this Form 8-K 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, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1

   Press release of EMC Corporation dated December 20, 2007


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: December 20, 2007


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Press release of EMC Corporation dated December 20, 2007