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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): December 6, 2016

DIODES INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

002-25577

 

95-2039518

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200

Plano, Texas

 

75024

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(972) 987-3900

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 6, 2016, Diodes Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release in which the Company disclosed that there had been a fire at the Company’s wafer fabrication plant located in Lee's Summit, Missouri (“KFAB”).  Included in the press release is information related to the damage incurred by KFAB from the fire and the estimated fourth quarter 2016 financial impact the fire and lost production will have on the Company’s fourth quarter revenue and gross margin.

 

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The press release furnished in Exhibit 99.1 also provides an update on the Company’s business outlook, that is intended to be within the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) as comprising forward looking statements within the meaning of the Act.

 

The information furnished in this Item 7.01, including the exhibit incorporated by reference, will not be treated as “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, unless that filing expressly refers to specific information in this Report.  The furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such information is material information that is not otherwise publically available.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

 

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated December 6, 2016

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIODES INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

Date: December 6, 2016

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ Richard D. White

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard D. White,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer