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 May 2, 1997 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ________________________________________________________________________________ INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) OREGON 93-0840631 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Commission File No. 0-26274 9525 S.W. GEMINI DRIVE, BEAVERTON OR 97008 (Address of principal executive officers) (zip code) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (503) 626-7117 ________________________________________________________________________________ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS Press Releases Milton R. Smith Joins Integrated Measurement Systems as Member of IMS Board of Directors On May 2, 1997, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. announced the addition of Milton R. Smith as a member of the IMS board of directors. Full text is attached to this report as Exhibit 99a. IMS Selects Ya-Man Ltd. as the Exclusive Distributor of IMS Products in Japan On May 20, 1997, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. announced the selection of Ya-Man Ltd., a Tokyo, Japan distributor of IC production and test systems as its sole distributor in Japan. Ya-Man will provide sales, marketing, applications engineering and customer service support for IMS' product line of engineering Test Stations, including the XL Family, the ATS and XTS Advanced Digital Test Stations, and the MSTS Mixed-Signal Test Station. Full text is attached to this report as Exhibit 99b. VLSI Research Inc. 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment Customer Satisfaction. On June 18, 1997, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. announced that, for the fourth consecutive year, it has received the VLSI Research Inc. 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment in Customer Satisfaction. These Awards are presented annually to semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers who achieve overall excellence in ratings by their customers. Full text is attached to this report as Exhibit 99c. ITEM 6. EXHIBITS (exhibit reference numbers refer to Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 99a. Press Release -- IMS Announces a New Member to IMS Board of Directors. 99b. Press Release -- IMS Selects Ya-Man Ltd. as the Exclusive Distributor of IMS Products in Japan 99c. Press Release -- VLSI Research Inc. 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment Customer Satisfaction. 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 thereunto duly authorized on June 25, 1997. INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (Registrant) /s/ Sar Ramadan ------------------------- Sar Ramadan Chief Financial Officer