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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): December 7, 2021 

 

EQUINIX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

 

Delaware

 

001-40205

 

77-0487526

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Lagoon Drive

Redwood City, CA 94065

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

 

(650) 598-6000

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

(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):

 

 

Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock,
par value $0.001 per share

 

EQIX

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

0.250% Senior Notes due 2027

 

 

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

1.000% Senior Notes due 2033

 

 

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 


 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 7, 2021, Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix”) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Main Street Technologies Limited, Africa Finance Corporation, Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund, FBNQuest Capital Partners Limited, and Polaris Bank Limited  (collectively, the “Sellers”) pursuant to which Equinix agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement, to acquire Main One Cable Company Ltd from the Sellers (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions including the requisite regulatory approvals. A copy of Equinix’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information furnished in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto 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 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.

 

99.1

Press Release issued by Equinix, Inc. dated December 7, 2021.

 

 

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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.

 

 

EQUINIX, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE: December 7, 2021

By:

/s/ KEITH D. TAYLOR

 

 

Keith D. Taylor

 

 

Chief Financial Officer