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) January 9, 2009

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		001-7935		95-1528961
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

233 Kansas Street, El Segundo, California 90245

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(310) 726-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 9, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting. A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the management presentation presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting is available at the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website, www.irf.com.

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, will not be treated as filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless that filing expressly refers to specific information in this report. The furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 of this report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information in this Item 7.01 is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly available.

Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated January 9, 2009, titled International Rectifier International Rectifier Announces Preliminary Results of 2008 Annual Meeting

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.

Date: January 9, 2009	INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION


	By:	/s/ Timothy E. Bixler
		Name: Timothy E. Bixler
		Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated January 9, 2009, titled International Rectifier Announces Preliminary Results of 2008 Annual Meeting