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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KcGaRFt6ND/j8Z/WJu2DCHd99GF+9I5xlLuKFyrNFPARSwm8t/i99hKFRu+vH7Jc zxnopI/VUnYwU2Lys1qSKg== 0000912057-01-007299.txt : 20010308 0000912057-01-007299.hdr.sgml : 20010308 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000912057-01-007299 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010305 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010306 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000316793 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 951528961 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0629 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07935 FILM NUMBER: 1562283 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 233 KANSAS ST CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 BUSINESS PHONE: 3107268000 8-K 1 a2040663z8-k.htm FORM 8-K Prepared by MERRILL CORPORATION www.edgaradvantage.com
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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) March 5, 2001

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

1-7935
(Commission
File Number)

95-1528961
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

233 KANSAS STREET, EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 90245
(Address of principal executive offices)

(310) 726-8000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

No Change

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events

With reference to the three class action lawsuits filed in Federal District Court for the Central District of California in 1991 and identified in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2001, the parties have agreed, subject to court approval, to continue the pending trial date from March 6, 2001 to April 17, 2001.

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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.

		INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION
Date: March 6, 2001		By:		/s/ L. MICHAEL RUSSELL Name: L. Michael Russell Title: Executive Vice President and Secretary

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