EQUINIX, INC. (NASDAQ:EQIX) Files An 8-K Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

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EQUINIX, INC. (NASDAQ:EQIX) Files An 8-K Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

Item2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On May1, 2017, Equinix, Inc. (Equinix) completed the purchase of
29 data centers and their operations located in the United
States, Brazil and Colombia from Verizon Communications Inc.
(Verizon) (the Transaction), to the Transaction Agreement between
Equinix and Verizon dated December6, 2016 (the Transaction
Agreement). Equinix paid a cash purchase price of approximately
$3.6 billion in the Transaction.

The foregoing summary of the Transaction and the Transaction
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the terms and conditions of (i)the
Transaction Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1
to Equinixs Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December6, 2016,
(ii)Amendment No.1 to the Transaction Agreement (Amendment No.1)
dated as of February23, 2017 by and between Equinix and Verizon,
a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.5 to Equinixs Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December31, 2016, and
(iii)Amendment No.2 to the Transaction Agreement (Amendment No.2)
dated as of April30, 2017 by and between Equinix and Verizon, a
copy of which is filed hereto as Exhibit 2.1, each of which are
incorporated herein by reference. Reference to the Transaction
Agreement herein shall be deemed to be to the Transaction
Agreement as amended by Amendment No.1 and Amendment No.2.

The representations and warranties and covenants set forth in the
Transaction Agreement have been made only for the purposes of the
Transaction Agreement and solely for the benefit of the parties
to the Transaction Agreement, may be subject to limitations
agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified
by confidential disclosures made for the purpose of allocating
contractual risk between the parties to the Transaction Agreement
instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be
subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting
parties that differ from those applicable to investors. In
addition, such representations and warranties were made only as
of the dates specified in the Transaction Agreement. Accordingly,
the Transaction Agreement is incorporated by reference in this
filing only to provide investors with information regarding the
terms of the Transaction Agreement and not to provide investors
with any other factual information regarding the parties or their
respective businesses.

Item9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

ExhibitNo.

Description

2.1

Amendment No. 2 to the Transaction Agreement, dated April 30,
2017, by and between Verizon Communications Inc. and Equinix,
Inc. *
* Certain schedules and exhibits to this agreement have been
omitted in accordance with Item601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A
copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished
to the SEC upon request.


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