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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)
April 6, 2000
PMC-Sierra, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-19084 94-2925073
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State of incorporation Commission File Number IRS Employer Identification No.
105-8555 BAXTER PLACE
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, V5A 4V7, CANADA
(address of principal executive offices)
Company's telephone number, including area code: (604) 415-6000
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ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
On April 6, 2000, Registrant acquired Extreme Packet Devices, Inc.
("Extreme"), a British Columbia (Canada) corporation and a privately held,
fabless semiconductor company. Extreme, located in Kanata, Ontario, Canada,
specializes in developing semiconductors for high speed IP and ATM traffic
management at 10 Gigabits per second rates.
Registrant acquired Extreme in exchange for Registrant's Common Stock
shares with a value of approximately $415,000,000. The transaction will be
accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.
SIGNATURE
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 duly authorized person.
Date: April 12, 2000 PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Registrant)
/s/ John W. Sullivan
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John W. Sullivan
Vice President, Finance
Chief Financial Officer and Counsel