Form 8-K

 

 

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) September 11, 2015

 

 

Microsoft Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-14278   91-1144442

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One Microsoft Way, Redmond,

Washington

   98052-6399
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(425) 882-8080

(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):

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(c) Effective September 11, 2015, Bradford L. Smith was appointed to the position of President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Smith, age 56, previously served as General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs. He joined Microsoft in 1993, and has served as General Counsel since 2002.

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.

 

   

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

    (Registrant)
Date: September 11, 2015    

/s/ JOHN A. SEETHOFF

    John A. Seethoff
    Assistant Secretary