Arbinet Thexchange Inc - Current report filing (8-K)

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): June 19, 2008

ARBINET-THEXCHANGE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	0-51063	13-3930916
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


120 Albany Street, Tower II, Suite 450 New Brunswick, New Jersey	08901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(732) 509-9100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 19, 2008, Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. (“Arbinet” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed William M. Freeman, Arbinet’s current President and Chief Executive Officer, as the Chairman of the Board, and Shawn F. O’Donnell, who has served on the Board since July 2007, as its Lead Independent Director.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
99.1	Press Release of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., dated June 19, 2008.*

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* Filed herewith

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.