SEC Form 4
| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP /CA/ [ LLTC ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/10/2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 03/10/2017 | D | 209,404 | D | (1)(2)(3)(4) | 0 | D | |||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Pursuant to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 26, 2016 (the "Merger Agreement"), Analog Devices, Inc. ("Analog Devices") acquired Linear Technology Corporation ("Linear") in a merger transaction (the "Merger") which became effective on March 10, 2017. At the effective time of the merger, each share of Linear common stock converted into the right to receive, without interest, (a) $46.00 in cash and (b) 0.2321 of an ordinary share of Analog Devices ("Merger Consideration"). |
| 2. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and Mr. Maiers employment agreement, 75 percent of his outstanding Linear restricted stock awards were cancelled at the effective time of the Merger and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of each share of Linear common stock underlying the award. The remainder of the awards were converted into Analog Devices Awards (as described below) in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement. |
| 3. 112,000 of these securities were restricted shares of Linear common stock subject to outstanding awards that were granted on or prior to July 22, 2016. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, these awards were converted into awards representing the right to receive the Merger Consideration, with the converted awards subject to vesting over the original vesting schedule of the Linear awards. |
| 4. 80,000 of these securities were restricted shares of Linear common stock subject to outstanding awards that were granted after July 22, 2016. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, these awards were converted into Analog Devices restricted share awards representing the right to receive 0.9947 shares of Analog Devices common stock in respect to each share of Linear Common Stock underlying the awards, with the converted awards subject to vesting over the original vesting schedule of the Linear awards. |
| Remarks: |
| This Form 4 reports securities disposed pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 26, 2016, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Issuer's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016. |
| LOTHAR MAIER | 03/13/2017 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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