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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2014</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA14 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>EXAR CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA358 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA359 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>94-1741481</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA22 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>48720 Kato Road</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA26 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA31 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Louis DiNardo</B><B><BR></B><B>Chief Executive Officer and President<BR>Exar</B><B> Corporation</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA38 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Paul S. Scrivano</B><B>, Esq.<BR></B><B>O&#8217;Melveny &amp; Myers</B><B> LLP</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA39 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>2765 Sand Hill Road</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA40 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Menlo Park</B><B>, California 9</B><B>4025</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA84 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 19.45pt 0pt 17.1pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -17.1pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SUP>This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Exar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), stated above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>PART I</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA90 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA105 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA106 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA111 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended March 30, 2014, filed with the Commission on June 11, 2014 (Commission File No. 001-36012);</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA115 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(b)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA116 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2014, filed with the Commission on August 8, 2014 (Commission File No. 001-36012);</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA120 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(c)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA121 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2014, May 30, 2014 (as amended by the Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on August 6, 2014) and September 17, 2014 (with respect to Item 2.01 only) (each, Commission File No. 001-36012); and</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA125 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(d)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA126 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 12, 1986 (Commission File No. 000-14225), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA127 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA128 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA148 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA149 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Registrant&#8217;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws include provisions to (i)&nbsp;eliminate the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the &#8220;Delaware Law&#8221;) and (ii)&nbsp;require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Law, including circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of a corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. The Registrant believes that these provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified person(s) as director and officers. These provisions do not eliminate liability for breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or for any willful or negligent payment of any unlawful dividend or any unlawful stock purchase agreement or redemption. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA151 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Registrant has entered into agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or any of its listed enterprises, subject to certain limitations set forth in such agreements. The indemnification agreements also set forth the certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder. The Registrant has purchased an insurance policy covering the officers and directors of the Registrant with respect to certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA172 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA174 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 25.799pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 34.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA176 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 86.4pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA178 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 86.4pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA180 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 86.4pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA182 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA184 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA188 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA190 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA192 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA380 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Louis DiNardo</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA381 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Louis DiNardo</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA382 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Chief Executive Officer and President</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA206 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA208 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Louis DiNardo and Thomas R. Melendrez, or either one or both of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">/s/ Louis DiNardo</TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Chief Executive Officer, President and Director</TD>
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<P id=PARA216 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Louis DiNardo</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA218 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">/s/ Ryan A. Benton</TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">Senior Vice President and&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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<P id=PARA223 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Ryan A. Benton</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">Chairman of the Board</TD>
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<P id=PARA230 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Richard L. Leza</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA235 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Behrooz Abdi</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">/s/ Izak Bencuya</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">Director</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 19%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">September 19, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA240 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Izak Bencuya</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">/s/ Pierre G. Guilbault</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">Director</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 19%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">September 19, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA245 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pierre G. Guilbault</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">/s/Brian Hilton&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">Director</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 19%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">September 19, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA250 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Brian Hilton</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">/s/ Gary Meyers&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 4%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 48%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">Director</TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 19%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle">September 19, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 29%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA255 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Gary Meyers</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA267 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (Filed as Exhibit A to the Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act on July 25, 2014 (Commission File No. 001-36012) and incorporated herein by this reference.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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exar20140919b_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2014
Registration No. __________________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EXAR CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
94-1741481
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
48720 Kato Road
Fremont
, California 9
4538
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Louis DiNardo
Chief Executive Officer and President
Exar
Corporation
48720 Kato Road
Fremont
, California 9
4538
(510
)
668-7000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
COPY TO:
Paul S. Scrivano
, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers
LLP
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park
, California 9
4025
(650) 473-2600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☑
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
To Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
Amount Of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, issuable pursuant to the Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
5,170,000
(1)
shares
$9.34
(2)
$48,287,800
(2)
$6,220
(2)
(1)
This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Exar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), stated above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on September 16, 2014, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page 8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended March 30, 2014, filed with the Commission on June 11, 2014 (Commission File No. 001-36012);
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2014, filed with the Commission on August 8, 2014 (Commission File No. 001-36012);
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2014, May 30, 2014 (as amended by the Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on August 6, 2014) and September 17, 2014 (with respect to Item 2.01 only) (each, Commission File No. 001-36012); and
(d)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 12, 1986 (Commission File No. 000-14225), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws include provisions to (i) eliminate the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "Delaware Law") and (ii) require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware Law, including circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of a corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. The Registrant believes that these provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified person(s) as director and officers. These provisions do not eliminate liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or for any willful or negligent payment of any unlawful dividend or any unlawful stock purchase agreement or redemption.
The Registrant has entered into agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or any of its listed enterprises, subject to certain limitations set forth in such agreements. The indemnification agreements also set forth the certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder. The Registrant has purchased an insurance policy covering the officers and directors of the Registrant with respect to certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See the attached Exhibit Index at page 8, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of California, on September 19, 2014.
EXAR CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Louis DiNardo
Louis DiNardo
Chief Executive Officer and President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Louis DiNardo and Thomas R. Melendrez, or either one or both of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Louis DiNardo
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
September 19, 2014
Louis DiNardo
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Ryan A. Benton
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
September 19, 2014
Ryan A. Benton
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Richard L. Leza
Chairman of the Board
September 19, 2014
Richard L. Leza
/s/ Behrooz Abdi
Director
September 19, 2014
Behrooz Abdi
/s/ Izak Bencuya
Director
September 19, 2014
Izak Bencuya
/s/ Pierre G. Guilbault
Director
September 19, 2014
Pierre G. Guilbault
/s/Brian Hilton
Director
September 19, 2014
Brian Hilton
/s/ Gary Meyers
Director
September 19, 2014
Gary Meyers
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
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Exar Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (Filed as Exhibit A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act on July 25, 2014 (Commission File No. 001-36012) and incorporated herein by this reference.)
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Opinion of O'Melveny & Myers LLP (opinion re legality).
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP (consent of independent registered public accounting firm).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (consent of independent registered public accounting firm).
23.3
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").
8