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): May 18, 2011
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 0-12933 | 94-2634797 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
4650 Cushing Parkway
Fremont, California 94538
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
(510) 572-0200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
| SIGNATURES |
| EXHIBIT INDEX |
| EXHIBIT 3.2 – Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company |
| Item 5.03(a) | Amendment and Restatement of Bylaws |
On and effective May 18, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws. The amendment and restatement made the following changes to the bylaws:
| • | ensure that information required by the advance notice bylaw provision pertaining to nomination of directors is provided prior to the relevant meeting (Section 2.2(d)); |
| • | specifically authorize electronic notices and other communications in accordance with Section 232 under the Delaware General Corporation Law (Sections 2.5, 3.10 and 3.12); |
| • | add provisions regarding organization of stockholder meetings (Section 2.15); |
| • | establish the current size of the board of directors at eleven and authorize the board to change the number within a range of seven to fifteen directors; (Section 3.2) |
| • | remove a superfluous statement relating to filling vacancies on the board (Section 3.4) and a superfluous provision on meetings of the board following election (former Section 3.6) |
| • | remove unnecessary restrictions on the authority that may be granted to committees of the board and streamline the description of committee governance (Sections 4.1 and 4.2); |
| • | narrow the circumstances under which the Company is obligated to indemnify its agents, directors and officers (Section 6.1); |
| • | state that the indemnification rights conferred by the bylaws are not exclusive of any other rights to indemnification (Section 6.4); |
| • | require that certain actions involving the Company (such as derivative actions, actions for breach of fiduciary duty, actions asserting claims under the Delaware General Corporation Law or relating to the Company’s internal affairs) be brought in the Delaware Chancery Court unless the Company otherwise consents in writing (Section 8.13); and |
| • | make certain other minor changes, such as conforming language relating to stockholder lists for meetings (Section 2.13) and the timing of delivery of consents (Section 2.10) to the applicable provisions of Delaware law, eliminating directives about the content of minutes of meetings from the description of the Secretary’s function (Section 5.7) and making specific reference to the office of “Vice Chairman” (Sections 3.16, 5.1 and 5.2) |
This description of the amended and restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amended and restated bylaws, attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on May 18, 2011 |
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: May 24, 2011
| LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ GEORGE M. SCHISLER, JR. | |
| George M. Schisler, Jr. | ||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on May 18, 2011 |