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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

July 13, 2020
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Pitney Bowes Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-3579	06-0495050
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Address:	3001 Summer Street,		Stamford,	Connecticut	06926
Telephone Number:	(203)	356-5000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $1 par value per share		PBI		New York Stock Exchange
6.70% Notes due 2043		PBI.PRB		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Act. ☐

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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 July 13, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Pitney Bowes Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee of the Board, with effect as of September 1, 2020, expanded the number of directors of the Board to 10 and appointed Sheila A. Stamps as a new director in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws. Ms. Stamps will serve as a director from September 1, 2020, until the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders or earlier death, resignation or removal.

The Board also, upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Ms. Stamps to serve as a member of the Audit and Executive Compensation Committees.

Ms. Stamps will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation practices described in the Company’s annual proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2020.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	Pitney Bowes Inc.
	By:	/s/ Daniel Goldstein
	Name: Daniel Goldstein
Date: July 14, 2020	Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
	Corporate Secretary