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): MAY 17, 2001
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
| DELAWARE (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) | 06-1340090 (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) |
20415 NORDHOFF STREET CHATSWORTH, CA (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) | 91311 (ZIP CODE) |
ISSUER’S TELEPHONE NUMBER: (818) 773-0900
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
| Item 5. Other Events | ||||||||
| Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | ||||||||
Item 5. Other Events
On May 17, 2001, MRV Communications, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it had received a private letter ruling from the IRS for the tax-free spin off of Luminent, Inc. A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated May 17, 2001.
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.
Date: May 25, 2001
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Edmund Glazer | |
| Edmund Glazer Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer | ||
