BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.
 

 
 
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): September 24, 2007
BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-32383   77-0627356
 
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
4300 Wildwood Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia   30339
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 953-7000
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.  
     On September 24, 2007, the board of directors of BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) elected Mr. Howard S. Cohen to serve as a director, with a term expiring at the 2008 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders.
     The election of Mr. Cohen to the Company’s board of directors fills the vacancy created by the departure of Lenard B. Tessler, who resigned from the board effective as of September 24, 2007.
     Mr. Cohen is currently a senior adviser to Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus”). Cerberus is the indirect holder of approximately 59% of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

 


 

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.
         
  BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Barbara V. Tinsley    
    Barbara V. Tinsley   
    General Counsel & Secretary   
 
Dated: September 26, 2007