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): June 6, 2014

 

THE GYMBOREE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware 000-21250 94-2615258

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

500 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA

94105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(415) 278-7000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

 

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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.

 

On June 6, 2014, The Gymboree Corporation (the “Company”) elected Lewis Klessel to the Company’s board of directors where he will serve on the audit committee. Mr. Klessel is a managing director at Bain Capital. On the same date, Yvonne Hao resigned as a director of the Company.

 

Mr. Klessel was elected to the board of directors of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Amended & Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of December 23, 2011, by and among Giraffe Holding, Inc., Giraffe Intermediate A, Inc., Giraffe Intermediate B, Inc., The Gymboree Corporation and the Investors, Other Investors and Managers named therein. The information set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014 under Item 13 (“Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence”) is incorporated by reference herein.

  

 
 

 

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.

 

 

 

  THE GYMBOREE CORPORATION
Date: June 6, 2014      
  By: /s/Mark Breitbard
    Name: Mark Breitbard
       Title: Chief Executive Officer