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 19, 2010

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.)

2325 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA 95131
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 441-0311
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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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

Approval of the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Reservation of Shares

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Atmel Corporation (“Atmel” or the “Company”) held on May 19, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of Atmel voted on and approved the Atmel 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2010 ESPP”) and the reservation of 25,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder.

The terms and conditions of the 2010 ESPP are described in Atmel’s Proxy Statement dated April 7, 2010. The 2010 ESPP is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Appointment of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

On May 19, 2010, the Board of Directors appointed Walt Lifsey, currently Executive Vice President, Operations, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective May 19, 2010. Mr. Lifsey, 51, will serve as the Company’s principal operating officer. Mr. Lifsey has served as Executive Vice President, Operations since February 2008 and was Senior Vice President, Operations of Atmel from December 2006 to February 2008. Prior to joining Atmel, Mr. Lifsey was Executive Vice President of Operations of International Rectifier Corporation, a semiconductor company, from April 2002 to December 2006. Prior to International Rectifier, Mr. Lifsey was Director of Global Marketing and Planning for AMP Inc., a semiconductor company, and held Operational and Financial Management positions at TRW Corporation. Mr. Lifsey holds a degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (B.A.).

Mr. Lifsey has no family relationships with any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by Atmel to become a director or executive officer of Atmel. Mr. Lifsey is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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

The information contained in Item 5.02 above is hereby incorporated by reference. At the Annual Meeting, proxies representing 422,097,265 shares of common stock or approximately 91.89% of the total outstanding shares were present. The table below presents the voting results of the election of the Company’s Board of Directors:

Nominee	Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Steven Laub		349,570,808		15,232,154		1,229,454		56,064,849
Tsung-Ching Wu		349,468,744		15,330,831		1,232,841		56,064,849
David Sugishita		308,844,226		56,817,317		370,873		56,064,849
Papken Der Torossian		309,140,091		55,999,011		893,314		56,064,849
Jack L. Saltich		301,464,927		63,672,839		894,650		56,064,849
Charles Carinalli		309,219,384		55,921,312		891,720		56,064,849
Dr. Edward Ross		351,513,555		13,641,361		877,500		56,064,849

In addition, the stockholders approved the 2010 ESPP and the reservation of 25,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder. The proposal received 345,816,827 votes for, 18,179,559 votes against, 2,036,030 abstentions, and 56,064,849 broker non-votes.

The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year 2010. The proposal received 412,142,913 votes for, 8,646,666 votes against, 1,307,686 abstentions, and no broker non-votes.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Atmel Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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 25, 2010	By:	/s/ Stephen Cumming
		Stephen Cumming
		Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Atmel Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan