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 5, 2016

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

GIGOPTIX, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

130 Baytech Drive

San Jose, CA 95134

(Address of principal executive offices)

(408) 522-3100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

(e)

In connection with the financial performance of GigOptix, Inc. (“the Company”) during the 2015 fiscal year which exceeded budgeted financial targets for the Company for such fiscal year for the management of the Company’s operations as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in December 2014 and in setting compensation for all Company employees for the 2016 fiscal year in line with employment contract terms, on January 5, 2016 the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board approved for the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and its other named executive officers, as part of the standard overall Company employee annual performance evaluation review and compensation adjustment process, (i) the following annual salaries for 2016, (ii) the grant of new Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) as set forth below and (iii) merit performance cash bonuses in recognition of the Company’s 2015 financial performance to be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices and subject to normal employee tax withholding in the following amounts:

2016 Executive Officer Salary Table

The material terms of the Employment Agreements of each of Dr. Katz, Dr. Dinu and Messrs. Betti-Berutto and Ma as previously disclosed by the Company have not been revised and remain in full force and effect. Copies of the Employment Agreements for (i) Dr. Katz and Mr. Ma have been previously filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on December 23, 2014, (ii) Mr. Betti-Berutto has been previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on August 15, 2012 and (iii) Dr. Dinu has been previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on August 7, 2015 and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Employment Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to each of the foregoing Exhibits on their respective Current Reports on Form 8-K, as previously filed.

Executive Officer 2015 Merit Performance Cash Bonus Table

Executive Officer Performance RSU Grants

The following RSUs vest in four quarterly installments beginning on February 1, 2016 and ending on November 1, 2016:

Executive Officer 2016 Refresh RSU Grants

The following RSUs vest as follows: 25% vest on February 1, 2017. The remaining 75% vest in twelve quarterly installments thereafter, beginning on May 1, 2017 and ending on February 1, 2020:

The Company will withhold shares of stock subject to all of the RSUs at the time of vesting for the purposes of satisfying any tax withholding obligations which arise in connection with the vesting of such RSUs issued to the executive officers. The RSU awards are being made using the form of Restricted Stock Unit Notice of Grant and Agreement previously filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2012, and the above summary of the terms of these restricted stock units is qualified in its entirety by reference to such form.

Payments to Certain Executive Officers

On January 5, 2016, the Compensation Committee also approved the payment to Dr. Katz of $25,000 and to Dr. Dinu of $25,000 as compensation for their services in 2015 on behalf of the Company as members of the board of directors of BrPhotonics Produtos Optoeletrônicos LTDA, out of Campinas, Brazil.

On January 5, 2016, the Board appointed John J. Mikulsky as Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

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: January 7, 2016