Form 8-K

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):  April 5, 2007

 

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware   000-50838   77-0455244
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

1875 Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA 94043

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (650) 961-6676

 

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 8.01 Other Events.

On April 5, 2007, in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace rule 4350(i)(l)(A)(iv), the board of directors of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (the “Company”) granted options to purchase a total of 36,500 shares of common stock to 13 new non-executive employees of the Company as an inducement material to each individual’s entering into employment with the Company. All the stock options have an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the grant date. The options have a 10 year term and vest over four years as follows: 25 percent on the anniversary of the vesting commencement date, and with respect to one thirty-sixth of the remaining shares subject to such option at the end of each calendar month thereafter, subject in all instances to the optionee’s continuous employment with the Company.

SIGNATURE

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.

 

    NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.
Date: April 9, 2007   By:  

/s/ Ronald S. Jankov

   

Ronald S. Jankov

President and Chief Executive Officer