8-K: Current report
Published on February 12, 2009
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): February 9,
2009
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General
Communication, Inc.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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State
of Alaska
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000-15279
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92-0072737
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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2550
Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska
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99503
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (907) 868-5600
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NONE
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(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 9, 2009, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of General
Communication, Inc. (the “Company”) authorized
an increase in the number of members of the Board from seven members to eights
members with such new member designated as a Class I director whose term will
expire at the annual meeting to be held in 2011. The Board then
appointed Mark W. Kroloff as a new member of the Board. In addition,
Mr. Kroloff was appointed to serve as a member of the Compensation Committee,
the Nominating Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of the
Board.
Mr. Kroloff has been the Senior Vice
President & Chief Operating Officer of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. since
2005. Arctic Slope Regional Corp. is one of the thirteen Alaska
Native Regional Corporations. From 1989 to 2005, Mr. Kroloff served
as Chief Operation Officer of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., also one of the thirteen
Alaska Native Regional Corporations.
Arctic Slope Regional Corp. holds
7,481,240 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock which represents
approximately 15% of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and such stock is
entitled to approximately 9% of the total votes for matters submitted to a vote
of the shareholders of the Company.
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SIGNATURES
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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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GENERAL COMMUNICATION,
INC.
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(Registrant)
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Date:
February 12, 2009
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By:
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/s/ John M. Lowber | |
| Name: John M. Lowber | |||
| Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, | |||
| Secretary and Treasurer | |||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | |||