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): October 1, 2013

HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

2 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(978) 250-3343

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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.

On October 1, 2013 our Board of Directors elected Steve Sanghi as a member of our Board of Directors.

Mr. Sanghi brings significant industry and management expertise to Hittite Microwave Corporation.  He has served for more than twenty years as Chairman, President and CEO of Microchip Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCHP), a company that develops and manufactures specialized semiconductor devices for control applications.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of Xyratex Ltd. (Nasdaq: XRTX), is Chairman of the board of FlipChip International, a private company, and FIRST, a non-profit organization formed to inspire young students in their interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

Pursuant to our compensation policy for non-employee directors, Mr. Sanghi is entitled to receive equity-based compensation in the form of awards under our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, and also as a non-employee director he will receive an annual cash fee in the amount of $32,000. In addition, each non-employee director who is first elected to the board, or who is elected to an additional one-year term at any annual meeting of stockholders, receives upon such election a restricted stock award of a number of shares of our common stock, fixed on the date of grant, that has a fair market value on the date of grant equal to $130,000.

Our press release announcing the election of Mr. Sanghi is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1.                     Press Release, dated October 2, 2013, entitled “Hittite Microwave Corporation Elects Steve Sanghi to Board of Directors.”

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.

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