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): August 27, 2013

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

DELAWARE	000-23193	94-2586591
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(408) 542-8600

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On August 27, 2013, the Company held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited by the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Board’s solicitation. Of the 70.4 million outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock that could be voted at the Annual Meeting, 66.9 million shares, or approximately 95%, were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. The final votes on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of the following persons to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders:

	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Cesar Cesaratto		48,966,322		6,676,788		48,598		11,208,403
H.K. Desai		49,002,494		6,639,526		49,688		11,208,403
Paramesh Gopi, Ph.D.		55,451,494		193,114		47,100		11,208,403
Paul R. Gray, Ph.D.		49,056,588		6,586,307		48,813		11,208,403
Fred Shlapak		49,141,339		6,500,121		50,248		11,208,403
Robert Sproull, Ph.D.		55,529,874		215,138		46,696		11,208,403
Duston Williams		54,976,615		665,474		49,619		11,208,403

Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
66,676,250	177,559	46,302	—

Proposal 3: Advisory vote on executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement distributed in connection with the Annual Meeting:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
47,656,914	7,829,717	205,077	11,208,403

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.

	APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
Date: September 3, 2013	By:	/s/ L. William Caraccio
		L. William Caraccio
		Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary