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(636) 474-5000
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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 provision (see General Instruction A.2 below):
As previously disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2011, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) sent a notice to its directors and executive officers pursuant to Rule 104 of Regulation BTR under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Regulation BTR”) informing them of the beginning of a blackout period applicable to the MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”). This 401(k) blackout period was instituted in order to facilitate a change in the administrator of the Plan. The 401(k) blackout period began on December 23, 2011.
Work on the transfer to the new administrator was completed on January 18, 2012. On January 19, 2012, the Company sent a notice to its directors and executive officers informing them of the ending of the 401(k) blackout period. The directors and executive officers remain subject to a blackout on trading due to the preparation and issuance of the Company’s annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 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 thereunto duly authorized.
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MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC.
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Date:
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January 19, 2012
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By:
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/s/ Bradley D. Kohn
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