UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): February 28, 2007
IMMERSION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 000-27969 94-3180138
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
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801 Fox Lane
San Jose, California 95131
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 467-1900
Not Applicable
(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) Anne DeGheest was elected to the Board of Directors of Immersion
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Immersion"), effective as of March 1,
2007. Ms. DeGheest was also elected to the Nominating and Corporate Governance
committee of Immersion's Board of Directors (the "Board"). Additionally, the
Board determined that Ms. DeGheest is to serve as a Class I director, and she
will stand for election at Immersion's 2009 annual meeting of stockholders.
Ms. DeGheest has served as founder and a principal of MedStars, an
investment and executive management firm since August 1986. In November 1998,
Ms. DeGheest founded and served as president and chief executive officer of
medpool.com, Inc., an e-commerce hospital procurement company until September
2002 when medpool.com's assets were sold to BoldFish. From March through
November 1998, Ms. DeGheest was an entrepreneur in residence at Institutional
Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. From September 1979 through March
1997, Ms. DeGheest served in various sales and marketing roles at OmniCell
Technologies, Nellcor and Raychem. Ms. DeGheest holds an M.S. in general
engineering and business from the University of Brussels, Belgium and an M.B.A.
from Harvard University.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year
(a) On February 28, 2007, the Board of Directors of Immersion adopted
resolutions pursuant to Section 2.1 of Immersion's Bylaws to fix the authorized
number of directors at seven (7). Immersion's Bylaws, as amended, are filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to Immersion's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission
on March 28, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release dated March 5, 2007 announcing the election of
Anne DeGheest to the Board of Directors of Immersion Corporation.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
IMMERSION CORPORATION
Date: March 5, 2007 By: /s/ Stephen M. Ambler
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Stephen M. Ambler
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President,
Finance
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release dated March 5, 2007 announcing the election of
Anne DeGheest to the Board of Directors of Immersion Corporation.