-----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, SPCMPQSP0FzRn02kq4ZsGU0VlLtDkOrN7u4QQ5FIaKOEfjgtUYR72uW8H/mjCXu2 RSQ6QuMG6pMzLTgpTRU7TA== 0001104659-10-063070.txt : 20101216 0001104659-10-063070.hdr.sgml : 20101216 20101216160558 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-063070 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101213 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20101216 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101216 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEMTECH CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088941 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 952119684 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06395 FILM NUMBER: 101256694 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 FLYNN ROAD CITY: CAMARILLO STATE: CA ZIP: 93012-8790 BUSINESS PHONE: 8054982111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 FLYNN ROAD CITY: CAMARILLO STATE: CA ZIP: 93012-8790 8-K 1 a10-22950_18k.htm 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) December 13, 2010

 

Semtech Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-6395

 

95-2119684

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

200 Flynn Road

 

 

Camarillo, California

 

93012-8790

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

805-498-2111

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01  Other Events.

 

Mohan Maheswaran, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Semtech Corporation (the “Company”), has informed the Company that he has entered into a written stock trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to effect “same-day sales” covering a total of 500,000 non-qualified stock options and resulting shares of the Company’s common stock.  The plan provides for the exercise and sales of specified numbers of shares at specified times beginning in January, 2011 and ending in October, 2011.  Shares acquired via the exercise of the underlying stock options will be sold under the plan on the open market at prevailing prices on the applicable trading days specified under the plan, subject to a minimum price threshold as specified in his plan.  Mr. Maheswaran’s trading plan covers the exercise of options that w ould otherwise expire in April 2012.

 

Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report Rule 10b5-1 trading plans established by any other Company employees, officers or directors, nor to report modifications, terminations, or other activities under any publicly announced trading plan.

 

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: December 16, 2010

SEMTECH CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emeka Chukwu

 

 

 

 

 

Emeka Chukwu

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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