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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): March 18, 2022 

 

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))

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.

 

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, $0.001

 

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

 

 

 

 


 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 18, 2022, Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix”) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Empresa Nacional De Telecomunicaciones S.A. (“Entel”)  pursuant to which Equinix agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement, to acquire three data centers from Entel (the “Transaction”). The Transaction may also include one data center in Peru pending finalization of a definitive agreement. The Transaction is expected to close in the second 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 of Equinix, Inc. dated March 18, 2022.

 

 

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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: March 18, 2022

By:

/s/ KEITH D. TAYLOR

 

 

Keith D. Taylor

 

 

Chief Financial Officer