UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2017
001-35878
(Commission
File Number)
Intelsat S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
4 rue Albert Borschette
Luxembourg
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
L-1246
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Termination of Combination Agreement and Share Purchase Agreement
As previously announced, on February 28, 2017, Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) entered into a combination agreement (as amended on May 17, 2017, the “Combination Agreement”) with WorldVu Satellites Limited (“OneWeb”), and, also on February 28, 2017, Intelsat entered into a share purchase agreement (as amended on May 17, 2017, the “Share Purchase Agreement”) with SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”).
On June 2, 2017, Intelsat received a termination notice from OneWeb pursuant to which OneWeb terminated the Combination Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(e) thereof and a termination notice from SoftBank pursuant to which SoftBank terminated the Share Purchase Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(e) thereof. Effective upon delivery of the termination notices to Intelsat, the Combination Agreement and Share Purchase Agreement were terminated and became void and of no further effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of the parties thereto, except as expressly set forth therein.
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.
| INTELSAT S.A. | ||||||
| Date: June 2, 2017 | By: | /s/ Michelle V. Bryan | ||||
| Name: | Michelle V. Bryan | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer | |||||