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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) August 31, 2012
INTERSIL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-29617
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1001 Murphy Ranch Road
Milpitas, California
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95035
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(408) 432-8888
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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.
(d) On August 31, 2012, the Board of Directors of Intersil Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Company’s Board of Directors from nine to ten members and elected Donald Macleod as a Director to fill the vacancy. Mr. Macleod was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of National Semiconductor Corporation prior to its acquisition by Texas Instruments Corporation in September 2011. He is also a member of the board of directors of Avago Technologies Limited.
The Company has determined that Mr. Macleod is an independent director under the NASDAQ Exchange listing standards and the Company's independence guidelines, as set forth in its Corporate Governance Guidelines.
Mr. Macleod will participate in the compensation and benefit program for independent directors as described on pages 3 and 4 of the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 2, 2012 (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2012). Mr. Macleod and the Company also entered into the Company's standard indemnification agreement.
The Board has not yet appointed Mr. Macleod to any Board committee.
On September 4, 2012, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Macleod's appointment to the Board of Directors. A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
99.1 Press Release of Intersil Corporation dated September 4, 2012.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
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INTERSIL CORPORATION
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Date:
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September 5, 2012
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By:
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/s/ Thomas C. Tokos
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Name:
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Thomas C. Tokos
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Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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