UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 9, 2016

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

Sigma Designs, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

47467 Fremont Blvd.

Fremont, California 94538

(Address of principal executive offices)

510-897-0200

(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 September 9, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sigma Designs, Inc. (the “Company”) promoted Sal Cobar to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Prior to this promotion, Mr. Cobar was serving as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer. In connection with this promotion, on September 14, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved an increase in Mr. Cobar’s annual base salary from $287,600 to $301,980, a 5% increase. There were no other changes to Mr. Cobar’s compensation in connection with this promotion.

Mr. Cobar has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer since July 2015 and as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Business Development from April 2010 to July 2015. Mr. Cobar is 63 years old. From April 2007 to April 2010, Mr. Cobar served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales of Silicon Image, Inc., a developer of secure cores for high definition display and distribution for the television, set-top box and consumer markets. From April 2001 to April 2007, Mr. Cobar served as Silicon Image’s Senior Director, Strategic Accounts and Americas Sales, where he was instrumental in developing and spearheading Silicon Image’s overall strategic account sales initiatives as well as leading the Americas sales team of Silicon Image. Prior to joining Silicon Image, Mr. Cobar held several strategic sales and marketing positions during his 12-year tenure at Sun Microsystems. In those positions, Mr. Cobar had management and executive responsibilities for engineering, operations and the creation and execution of new markets for network-based thin client technology. In June 1980, Mr. Cobar joined Xerox Corporation for nine years driving multiple engineering and operations initiatives. Mr. Cobar received a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from San Jose State University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

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.