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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): June 20, 2014
QLOGIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-23298 | 33-0537669 | ||
| (State of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway, Aliso Viejo, California | 92656 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 389-6000
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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.
Effective June 20, 2014, the QLogic Corporation Board of Directors appointed John T. Dickson to the Board of Directors. At this time, no decision has been made regarding which Board committees Mr. Dickson will serve on.
Mr. Dickson will be entitled to participate in the compensation arrangements available to non – employee directors of the Company as described in the Company’s most recent proxy statement relating to our August 2013 Annual Meeting. Pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Equity Award Program under the QLogic Corporation 2005 Performance Incentive Plan, upon his appointment Mr. Dickson was granted a non-qualified stock option to purchase 32,086 shares of QLogic common stock at a per share exercise price of $9.99 and an award of 12,012 restricted stock units.
The Board of Directors has also appointed George D. Wells as its Chairman. Mr. Wells replaces H.K. Desai, who passed away earlier this month.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 23, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of John T. Dickson to the Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as an exhibit.
Item. 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release, dated June 23, 2014, announcing the appointment of John T. Dickson to the Board of Directors of QLogic Corporation.
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.
| QLOGIC CORPORATION | ||||||
| June 24, 2014 | /s/ Jean Hu | |||||
| Jean Hu | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||