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): January 27, 2010
Analog Devices, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Massachusetts
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1-7819
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04-2348234 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
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| One Technology Way, Norwood, MA
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02062 |
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| (Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 329-4700
(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:
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officer.
The information set forth in Item 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation of Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On January 27, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Analog Devices, Inc. (“Analog” or the
“Company”) amended Analog’s Amended and Restated By-laws to remove the provisions related to board
classification in connection with the Board’s decision to opt-out of Section 8.06(b) of
Massachusetts General Laws. ch. 156D, effective immediately. On the same day, in connection with
this declassification of the Board, and in compliance with Massachusetts law, Messrs. Champy,
Doyle, Istel, Novich, Severino, Sicchitano and Stata resigned from the Board and were re-elected to
the Board by the remaining Board members. The Board also re-elected these directors to the
committees on which they served immediately prior to their resignation. As a result of these
actions, the terms of all classes of directors will expire at the 2010 annual meeting and, starting
with that meeting, directors will be elected to serve for a one-year term.
Analog’s amended By-laws provide that each director elected will hold office until the next annual
meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Prior to this
amendment, the By-laws provided for a classified board with directors elected for staggered
three-year terms (Section 2.5, Tenure). The amended By-laws also remove other references to a
classified board (Section 2.2, Number and Election) and conform the provision on board vacancies to
relevant state law for declassified boards (Section 2.3, Vacancies). The foregoing description of
these amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated By-laws
attached as Exhibit 3.1 of this Report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Description |
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3.1
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Analog Devices, Inc. |