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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): May 12, 2009
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | 000-23193 | 94-2586591 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
of incorporation) | Identification No.) |
215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 542-8600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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. | ||||||||
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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 May 12, 2009, Mr. Kambiz Hooshmand resigned as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (the “Company”) and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Dr. Paramesh Gopi, age 40, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Operation Officer and member of the Company’s Board of Directors, succeeded Mr. Hooshmand as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer as of May 13, 2009. More information about Dr. Gopi is available in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on May 12, 2009.
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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: May 15, 2009 | By: | /s/ Cynthia J. Moreland | ||
Cynthia J. Moreland | ||||
Vice President and General Counsel | ||||