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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 27, 2008
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 000-23193 (Commission File Number) | 94-2586591 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 542-8600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (seeGeneral Instruction A.2. below):
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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 | ||||||||
| 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. | ||
On August 27, 2008, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (the "Company") and Daryn Lau reached agreement on the termination of Mr. Lau’s employment with the Company. Mr. Lau’s last day of employment will be September 12, 2008. Mr. Lau will receive termination benefits under the Company’s Executive Severance Benefits Plan and, in addition, will receive eight months of accelerated vesting of his restricted stock units.
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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.
| Applied Micro Circuits Corporation | ||||
| Date: September 3, 2008 | By: | /s/ Cynthia J. Moreland | ||
| Cynthia J. Moreland | ||||
| Vice President and General Counsel | ||||