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): July 23, 2008
GLOBAL BPO SERVICES CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware |
001-33739 |
26-0420454 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 125 High Street, 30th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts |
02110 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Postal Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 517-3252
Not Applicable
(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):
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ON JULY 7, 2008, GLOBAL BPO SERVICES CORP. (“GBPO”) FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”) A DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPOSED MERGER WITH STREAM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“STREAM”) AND COMMENCED MAILING THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO GBPO STOCKHOLDERS. ON JULY 18, 2008, GBPO FILED A SUPPLEMENT TO ITS DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING CERTAIN INFORMATION THEREIN. STOCKHOLDERS OF GBPO AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO READ GBPO’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND PROXY SUPPLEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED BY GBPO WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH GBPO’S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED MERGER BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STREAM, GBPO AND THE PROPOSED MERGER. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND THE PROXY SUPPLEMENT WERE MAILED TO STOCKHOLDERS AS OF THE JULY 3, 2008 RECORD DATE ESTABLISHED FOR VOTING ON THE PROPOSED MERGER. STOCKHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND THE PROXY SUPPLEMENT, WITHOUT CHARGE, AT THE SEC’S INTERNET SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV OR BY DIRECTING A REQUEST TO: GLOBAL BPO SERVICES CORP., 125 HIGH STREET, 30TH FLOOR, BOSTON, MA 02110, TELEPHONE (617) 517-3252.
GBPO AND ITS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS MAY BE DEEMED PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FROM GBPO’S STOCKHOLDERS. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THOSE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR INTERESTS IN GBPO IS CONTAINED IN GBPO’S PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 17, 2007, WHICH IS FILED WITH THE SEC, AND IS ALSO CONTAINED IN GBPO’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT. GBPO’S STOCKHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERESTS OF ITS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THE PROPOSED MERGER BY READING GBPO’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On July 23, 2008, Global BPO Services Corp. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
| 99.1 | Press release of Global BPO Services Corp. dated July 23, 2008. |
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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.
| Dated: July 23, 2008 | GLOBAL BPO SERVICES CORP. | |||||
| By: | /s/ R. Scott Murray | |||||
| Name: Title: |
R. Scott Murray President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Global BPO Services Corp. dated July 23, 2008. | |
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