- Current report filing (8-K)
December 15 2009 - 6:01AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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: December 11, 2009
(Date of earliest event reported)
California Micro
Devices Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-15449
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94-2672609
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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490 N. McCarthy Blvd., No. 100, Milpitas, CA 95035-5112
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (408) 263-3214
N/A
(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 obligations of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c))
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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The information included in Item 3.03 below and the Amendment to Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03
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Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
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On December 11, 2009, the Company entered into an Amendment to Rights Agreement (the Amendment) to amend that certain Rights Agreement dated as of September 24, 2001, with Mellon
Investor Services LLC as Rights Agent (the Rights Agreement). The purpose and effect of the Amendment was to terminate the Rights Agreement and eliminate the so-called stockholders rights plan as authorized by the
Companys board of directors on August 8, 2009. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Series A Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights which accompanied the Companys common stock expired of the close of business on
December 11, 2009, and the Rights Agreement terminated on such date.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The
Companys board of directors (the Board) approved changes to outside director compensation, completing a process that had begun with the election of Mr. Castor but which had been deferred during the proxy contest. Following
discussions in October, the newly comprised Compensation Committee in November had engaged an outside consultant to advise regarding appropriate director compensation. The result of the Board and Compensation Committee review, which considered the
consultants advice, had been to recommend that the Company adopt the meeting fees approved by the Board and described in the Companys Form 8-K dated November 25, 2009. The two remaining items to address from that study were equity
and annual retainers.
No changes were made to the policy with respect to the options component of equity awards, and as a
result no new options have been issued to directors at this time. Determining that restricted stock units should be part of the equity for directors, on December 12, 2009, Registrant made awards of restricted share units under the 2004 Omnibus
Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the Plan), which upon vesting settle at no charge into Registrants common stock. The four new directors (Messrs. Castor, Fichthorn, Gullard, and Potashner) were each granted 5,000 units which
vest ratably over three years in annual increments. The two continuing directors (Messrs. Ross and Wittrock) were each granted 2,500 units which vest upon the first to occur of one year or the next annual stockholders meeting. Analogous to options
granted under the Plan to directors upon their election or re-election, the restricted stock units also vest upon a change in control.
As to retainers, the Board approved increases in annual retainers as listed below, to be effective on April 1, 2010, the start of the Companys fiscal 2011.
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Position
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Annual Retainer
through 3/31/10
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Annual Retainer
starting
4/1/2010
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Board Member
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$
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25,000
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$
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30,000
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Chairman of the Board Supplement
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$
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40,000
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$
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40,000
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Audit Committee Member
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$
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7,500
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$
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10,000
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Audit Chairman
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$
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15,000
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$
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20,000
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Compensation Committee Member
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$
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3,000
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$
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7,500
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Compensation Chairman
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$
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6,000
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$
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15,000
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Nominating & Corporate Governance (N&CG) Member
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$
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2,000
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$
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5,000
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N&CG Chairman
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$
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5,000
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$
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10,000
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In light of the potential for the service of directors to cease involuntarily prior
to the one-year anniversary of their September 23, 2009, election, the Board considered whether the retainer balance that would be correspondingly accelerated and paid when such service ceases should increase. The Board determined that the
increased rates should only apply to directors who were in service as of April 1, 2010.
Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description
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4.1
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Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2009, by and between California Micro Devices Corporation and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights
Agent.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report on
Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the 14
th
day of December, 2009.
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CALIFORNIA MICRO DEVICES CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ R
OBERT
V.
D
ICKINSON
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Robert V. Dickinson
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit
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Description
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4.1
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Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2009, by and between California Micro Devices Corporation and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights
Agent.
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