8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):

May 21, 2013

ATMEL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-19032	77-0051991
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1600 Technology Drive

San Jose, CA 95110

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 441-0311

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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.

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.

On May 21, 2013, the Board of Directors appointed Steve Skaggs, previously serving as interim Chief Financial Officer, as the company's permanent Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, with immediate effect. In connection with his appointment to the permanent position, the Board of Directors also granted Mr. Skaggs 250,000 restricted stock units, 6.25% of which will vest quarterly on each February 15^th, May 15^th, August 15^th and November 15^th, commencing on August 15, 2013, subject to Mr. Skaggs' continued employment with the Company on each such vesting date. Mr. Skaggs' annual base salary and target incentive bonus remain unchanged from the compensation arrangements entered into in connection with his appointment as interim Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the Press Release announcing the appointment of Mr. Skaggs as Chief Financial Officer is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release, dated as of May 22, 2013, entitled “Atmel Confirms Appointment of Steve Skaggs as Permanent Chief Financial Officer.”

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.

		Atmel Corporation
Date: May 24, 2013	By	/s/ Scott Wornow
		Scott Wornow Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release, dated as of May 22, 2013, entitled “Atmel Confirms Appointment of Steve Skaggs as Permanent Chief Financial Officer."

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

N E W S R E L E A S E

Atmel Confirms Appointment of Steve Skaggs as Permanent Chief Financial Officer

San Jose, CA, May 22, 2013 - Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that Steve Skaggs has been appointed as the company's permanent Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Skaggs had been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since April 2, 2013.

“We are pleased that Steve has decided to accept the permanent position, making for a seamless transition given his tenure at Atmel, prior leadership history, and semiconductor experience,” said Steven Laub, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Skaggs joined Atmel in 2010. He worked previously at Lattice Semiconductor, where he served as President and CEO and also as CFO. Prior to Lattice, Mr. Skaggs was employed by Bain & Company, an international strategic consulting firm, where he specialized in high technology product strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings. He holds an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

About Atmel

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets.

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Investor Contact:

Peter Schuman

Senior Director, Investor Relations

Tel: 1-408-437-2026

Press Contact:

Sander Arts

Vice President of Corporate Marketing

sander.arts@atmel.com

Tel: 1-408-451-4885