-----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, T1OMRSL2fVQj1hDUbKLKjodRv4nwCOJnTIHKWGKf4Tfk5Q0VIKAMRaqZZo2XzbnL cBawRRc9vY7EFy7dVbxv1g== 0000950103-05-001265.txt : 20050422 0000950103-05-001265.hdr.sgml : 20050422 20050421181716 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-05-001265 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050421 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20050422 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050421 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000880446 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 770138960 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31614 FILM NUMBER: 05765684 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 741 CALLE PLANO CITY: CAMARILLO STATE: CA ZIP: 93012 BUSINESS PHONE: 8053883700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 741 CALLE PLANO CITY: CAMARILLO STATE: CA ZIP: 93012 8-K 1 apr2105_8k.htm 8-K

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):  April 21, 2005


VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Charter)
     
                            Delaware                            
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)  
     
             0-19654                                   77-0138160                   
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, California   93012
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
     

(805) 388-3700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On April 21, 2005, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Yatin Mody as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mody has been with Vitesse since March 1992, most recently as Vice President, Finance. Prior to that, he spent five years at Deloitte & Touche, most recently as a manager. Mr. Mody holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and an M.B.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

In connection with the appointment of Mr. Mody as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer, Gene Hovanec, the Company’s previous Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Executive Vice President reporting to Lou Tomasetta, the Company’s President and CEO. Mr. Hovanec will be responsible for legal and administrative affairs, investor relations and strategic customer relationships.

Additional information regarding Messrs. Mody and Hovanec is available in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed December 10, 2004, and is incorporated herein by reference.





SIGNATURE

     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:   April 21, 2005
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
         
         
         
    By:
/s/ Yatin Mody  
     
       
    Name:    Yatin Mody
     
      Chief Financial Officer


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