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):  February 26, 2016
 
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
DELAWARE
 
001-11174
 
06-1340090
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(Commission file number)
 
(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
 
 
 
identification number)
 
20415 Nordhoff Street, Chatsworth, CA  91311
(Address of principal executive offices)  (zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 773-0900
 
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 February 26, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MRV Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Brian J. Bellinger to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Bellinger fills a vacancy created by an increase in the size of the Board from five to six.  Mr. Bellinger’s term will expire at the next annual meeting of stockholders.

Mr. Bellinger has been a Senior Analyst at Raging Capital Management, LLC, a private investment partnership based near Princeton, New Jersey, since 2012. From 2009 to 2012, he served as an associate in the Assurance and Transaction Services practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a global professional services firm. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the School of Management at Binghamton University.
 
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Bellinger and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as a director of the Company.  Mr. Bellinger has not been named to any committee of the Board.   There are no transactions between Mr. Bellinger and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.






SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 1, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Stephen G. Krulik
 
 
Stephen G. Krulik
 
 
Chief Financial Officer