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
January 18, 2005
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-14864 94-2778785
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1630 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California 95035
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 432-1900 (Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Acceleration of Unvested Out-of-the-Money Options
On January 18, 2005, Linear Technology Corporation (the "Company")
issued a press release announcing that it has accelerated the vesting of all
unvested options to purchase its common stock awarded more than one year ago to
employees and officers and that had exercise prices greater than the closing
price of the common stock on January 18, 2005 of $37.04 per share. The text of
the press release is set forth as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
See Item 1.01 above.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1 Text of press release of Linear Technology Corporation, dated
January 18, 2005.
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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.
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.
/s/ Paul Coghlan
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Paul Coghlan
Vice President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Date: January 21, 2005
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