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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): October 30, 2012

 

 

 

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-12933   94-2634797

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(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)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

¨ 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 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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Item  5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

SIGNATURES


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) Resignations of Directors

See Item 5.07 regarding board departures in connection with the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held at the principal office of the Company at 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, California 94538 on November 1, 2012. Out of 177,325,100 shares of Common Stock (as of the record date of September 7, 2012) entitled to vote at the meeting, 155,071,822 shares were present in person or by proxy.

The results of voting on the following items were as set forth below:

(a) The votes for nominated directors, to serve for the ensuing year, and until their successors are elected, were as follows:

 

NOMINEE

   FOR      WITHHELD      BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Martin B. Anstice

     131,893,563         636,413         22,541,846   

Eric K. Brandt

     131,926,081         603,895         22,541,846   

Michael R. Cannon

     131,888,662         641,314         22,541,846   

Youssef A. El-Mansy

     131,893,296         636,680         22,541,846   

Christine A. Heckart

     131,927,572         602,404         22,541,846   

Grant M. Inman

     130,256,131         2,273,845         22,541,846   

Catherine P. Lego

     131,890,881         639,095         22,541,846   

Stephen G. Newberry

     130,331,748         2,198,228         22,541,846   

Krishna C. Saraswat

     131,888,640         641,336         22,541,846   

William R. Spivey

     131,874,939         655,037         22,541,846   

Abhijit Y. Talwalkar

     131,855,229         674,747         22,541,846   

All director nominees were duly elected; and in connection with the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, on October 30, 2012, Robert M. Berdahl, Delbert A. Whitaker and Kim E. Perdikou tendered their respective resignations from their positions as directors effective November 1, 2012.

(b) The vote on a proposal to approve on an advisory basis the Company’s fiscal year 2012 executive compensation (“Say on Pay”) was as follows:

 

     FOR     AGAINST     ABSTAIN     BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Total Shares Voted

     125,386,880        6,283,714        859,382        22,541,846   

% of Voted Shares

     94.61     4.74     0.64     —     

% of Outstanding Shares

     70.71     3.54     0.48     12.71

The proposal was approved.


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(c) The vote on a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2013 was as follows:

 

     FOR     AGAINST     ABSTAIN     BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Total Shares Voted

     152,352,296        2,387,307        332,219        —     

% of Voted Shares

     98.24     1.53     0.21     —     

% of Outstanding Shares

     85.91     1.34     0.18     —     

The appointment was ratified.


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SIGNATURES

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: November 2, 2012

 

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
By:    /s/ George M. Schisler, Jr.
  George M. Schisler, Jr.
  Vice President of General Legal Affairs