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 (date of earliest event reported):  June 30, 2008

 


 

MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-50499

 

01-0616769

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

4000 MacArthur Boulevard, East Tower

Newport Beach, California  92660-3095

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(949) 579-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

 


 

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:

 

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Item 5.03         Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On June 30, 2008, Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the previously approved reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding common stock by a ratio of one-for-five and to reduce the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock by the same ratio.  The Certificate of Amendment was effective at 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2008.

 

A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  A copy of the Company’s press release, dated July 1, 2008, announcing the effectiveness of the reverse stock split, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of the Company, dated July 1, 2008

 

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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.

 

 

 

MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: July 1, 2008

By:

/s/ Brandi R. Steege

 

 

 Brandi R. Steege

 

 

 Vice President, Legal, and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of the Company, dated July 1, 2008

 

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