Williams Scotsman International Inc - Current report filing (8-K)

 

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):   October 29, 2007

 

WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
000-51521	52-1862719
(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8211 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, Maryland	21236
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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ITEM 8.01.

OTHER EVENTS.

Williams Scotsman International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (NASDAQ: WLSC) (the “Company”), announced today that at a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company held today the stockholders voted to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 18, 2007, by and among Ristretto Group S.a.r.l., Ristretto Acquisition Corp., Ristretto Holdings SCA and the Company, pursuant to which Ristretto Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ristretto Group S.a.r.l., will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving corporation.

A copy of the press release announcing the results of the shareholder vote is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)

Exhibits.

	EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
		99.1	Press Release of the Company, dated October 29, 2007.

 

 

 

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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.

 

		WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		By:	/s/ John B. Ross
			Name:  John B. Ross Title:    Secretary

 

 

October 29, 2007

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
	99.1	Press Release of the Company, dated October 29, 2007.