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

September 21, 2010

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

EXAR CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-14225   94-1741481

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

48720 Kato Road, Fremont, CA 94538

(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)

(510) 668-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(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):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 21, 2010, Exar Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a revision to its fiscal 2011 second quarter guidance. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

99.1 Press Release of Exar Corporation dated September 21, 2010.

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.

 

      EXAR CORPORATION
      (Registrant)
Date: September 21, 2010      

/S/    KEVIN BAUER        

      Kevin Bauer
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

   

Document

99.1    Press Release of Exar Corporation dated September 21, 2010.