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) December 6, 2010

 

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-7935

 

95-1528961

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

101 N. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, California 90245

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(310) 726-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

The securities trading policy of International Rectifier Corporation (the “Company”) permits its employees, officers and directors to engage in pre-determined plans for trades on a regular basis over a period of time of specified amounts of Company stock in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

As permitted by this policy, Chief Operations Officer Michael Barrow has entered into a sales plan dated November 30, 2010 for common stock arising from the exercise of Company stock options and the vesting of restricted stock units that he holds.

 

Under the sales plan, Mr. Barrow will sell up to 37,937 shares over a period of about six months.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K will not be treated as filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless that filing expressly refers to specific information in this report. The furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 of this report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information in this Item 7.01 is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly available.

 

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.

 

Date: December 6, 2010

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Timothy E. Bixler

 

 

Name:

Timothy E. Bixler

 

 

Title:

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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