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 27, 2005

 

 

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-13317

 

13-3460176

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

6305 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California

 

92009

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 931-5500

 

Not Applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 27, 2005, we entered into a Product Supplement/Award Letter with Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems International B.V. (collectively, “Sun”), pursuant to our Product Purchase Agreement with Sun, dated May 24, 2002, as amended.  The Award Letter adds certain new disk array controller and chassis products to the Product Purchase Agreement so that Sun may obtain these products from us on the terms contained in the Product Purchase Agreement.  This award is based on the RAID controller technology that we acquired in our acquisition of Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. in February 2004.  The Award Letter provides for the option of an alternative supply chain model for delivery and sale of such products and sets forth a methodology to share cost reductions we may achieve for these products. The Award Letter also permits Sun to obtain Embedded Management Controller and Embedded Storage Controller software, including Data Management Services, from us, subject to Sun’s payment to us of applicable license fees.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Preston Romm

 

 

 

Preston Romm

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Vice President,

 

 

Finance, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Date: September 27, 2005

 

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