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 2, 2010
Openwave Systems Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 001-16073 | | 94-3219054 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2100 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, California 94063
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 480-8000
(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 March 2, 2010, Karen J. Willem, Chief Financial Officer of Openwave Systems, informed Openwave Systems that she was resigning as the Chief Financial Officer and as an employee of Openwave Systems, effective as of the close of business on March 31, 2010.
Effective April 1, 2010, Anne Brennan, Openwave Systems’s Vice President, Head of Finance, will become Openwave Systems’s Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer).
Ms. Brennan, age 44, is Openwave Systems’s Vice President, Head of Finance. Ms. Brennan has served with Openwave since July 2001, initially as the controller of Openwave Systems (Europe) Ltd, a subsidiary of Openwave, until February 2005, following which she has served as Openwave’s Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, its Vice President – Financial Planning and Analysis, its Interim Chief Financial Officer, and most recently as its Vice President, Head of Finance.
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.
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| Openwave Systems Inc. |
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| By: | | /s/ BRUCE K. POSEY |
| Name: | | Bruce K. Posey |
| Title: | | General Counsel |
Dated: March 2, 2010
