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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2005</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&#160; 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DELAWARE</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">95-2095071</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification Number)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2900
Semiconductor Drive<br>
P.O. Box 58090<br>
Santa Clara, California 95052-8090</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
(Address of principle executive offices)<br>
Registrant&#146;s telephone number including area code: <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(408) 721-5000</font></b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR DIRECTOR STOCK PLAN*</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the
plan)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">JOHN M.
CLARK III, Esq.<br>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel<br>
and Secretary<br>
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION<br>
2900 Semiconductor Drive, P.O. Box 58090<br>
Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090<br>
</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name and address
of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(408)
721-5000</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">Calculation of Registration Fee</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of
  securities<br>
  to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount
  to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  maximum<br>
  offering price per share(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  maximum<br>
  aggregate offering price(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount
  of<br>
  registration fee(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock $0.50 par value</font></p>
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  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">500,000 shs</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$23.16</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$11,580,000.00</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1362.97</font></p>
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  Rights(2)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Estimated for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 7, 2005 of $ 23.16 per
share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions, which
is used as the estimate offering price solely for the purpose of determining
the registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each share of Common Stock includes one
Preferred Stock Purchase Right issued under the Rights Agreement, dated as of
August 8, 1988, as amended, between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company,
N.A. (fka The First National Bank of Boston) as Rights Agent.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*Pursuant to Rule 429
under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus which forms a part of this
Registration Statement also relates to 398,000 shares under the registrant&#146;s
Director Stock Plan which were previously registered under Registration
Statement 33-54931.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">EXPLANATORY
NOTE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">As
permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;),
this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8.&#160; The documents containing the
information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the
Plan as required by Securities Act Rule 428(b).&#160;
Such documents are not being filed as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">National
Semiconductor Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) has amended its Director Stock Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;) to add 500,000 shares.&#160; This
Registration Statement covers the issuance of shares to Company directors
pursuant to terms of the Plan.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I-1</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="PartIi_064520"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">PART II</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ITEM 3.&#160; INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The
following documents which have been filed with the Commission by the Company
(also referred to herein as the &#147;Registrant&#148;) under Commission File Number
1-6453 by the Company are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May
29, 2005, including the portions of the Company&#146;s 2005 Annual Report and the
Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
incorporated therein by reference;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Company&#146;s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 28, 2005;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Company&#146;s Reports on Form 8-K filed June 9, 2005; June 14, 2005; June
28, 2005; July 14, 2005; July 22, 2005; September 8, 2005; September 22, 2005;
and September 30, 2005;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed September 8, 1970; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 9, 1988 and any
amendments thereto filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Any
statement contained in a document 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 documents which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statements.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-1</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 4.&#160; DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The
Company&#146;s Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and
thus, the requirements of Item 4 with respect thereto are not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ITEM 5.&#160; INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">In
connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, John M. Clark III,
Esq. has rendered an opinion to the Company upon the legality of the Common
Stock being registered hereunder.&#160; At the
time of rendering such opinion, Mr. Clark had a substantial interest in the
Company, as defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in
that the fair market value of the 35,985 shares of Common Stock owned directly
and indirectly by him and the 588,000 shares of Common Stock subject to options
held by him exceeds $50,000.&#160; Also at
such time, Mr. Clark was connected with the Company in that he was Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ITEM 6.&#160; INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Section
102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the
corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for certain
unlawful dividends and stock repurchases, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.&#160; Article Thirteenth of the Company&#146;s Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate&#148;) provides that no
director shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for any breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except as
provided in Section 102 of the DGCL.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Section
145 of the DGCL provides that in the case of any action other than one by or in
the right of the corporation, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in
such capacity on behalf of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Section
145 of the DGCL provides that in the case of an action by or in the right of a
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action
or suit by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation in such capacity on behalf of another corporation or
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">reasonably incurred by
him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
acted under standards similar to those set forth in the preceding paragraph,
except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any action or claim as
to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
unless a court determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Article
Thirteenth of the Company&#146;s Certificate provides that the Company shall to the
extent permitted by law indemnify any person for all liabilities incurred by or
imposed upon him as a result of any action or threatened action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which
he shall be involved by reason of the fact that he is or was serving as a
director, officer or employee of the Company or that, at the request of the
Company, he is or was serving another corporation or enterprise in any
capacity.&#160; Article VIII of the Company&#146;s
By-Laws provides for indemnification of any person who was or is a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, or to any derivative proceeding by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or was serving at the request of the corporation in that capacity
for another corporation, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct unlawful.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The
Company has purchased and maintains at its expense, on behalf of directors and
officers, insurance, within certain limits, covering liabilities that may be
incurred by them in such capacities.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ITEM 7.&#160; EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ITEM 8.&#160; TABLE OF EXHIBITS</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-3 Registration No. 33-52775, which became effective March
22, 1994); Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated September
30, 1994 (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 Registration No. 333-09957 which became
effective August 12, 1996); Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of
Incorporation dated September 22, 2000 (incorporated by reference from the
Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 Registration No.
333-48424, which became effective October 23, 2000).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">By-Laws of the Company. (Incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to
the Company&#146;s Form 8-K dated July 19, 2005 filed July 22, 2005).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from the
Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 Registration No.
33-48935, which became effective October 5, 1992).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Rights Agreement (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 10, </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">1988); First Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of
October 31, 1995 (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed December 11,
1995); Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of December 17, 1996
(incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Amendment No. 2
to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 17, 1997); Certificate
of Adjusted Purchase Price on Number of Shares dated April 23, 2004 filed by
National Semiconductor Corporation with the Rights Agent (incorporated by
reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed April 26, 2004).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">5.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Opinion re Legality.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">10.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">National Semiconductor Corporation Director Stock Plan.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">23.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.0in;text-indent:-4.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">23.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Consent
of Counsel (Included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">24.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Power of Attorney.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ITEM 9.&#160; UNDERTAKINGS</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">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 the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply to the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs that is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, 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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforeceable. 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="Signatures_074332"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Santa Clara, State of California, on the 9th day of November, 2005.</font></p>

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  <td width="49%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:49.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">NATIONAL
  SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:49.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">By</font></p>
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  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:41.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">BRIAN
  L. HALLA*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:7.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:41.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Brian
  L. Halla<br>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons
in the capacities indicated on the 9th day of November, 2005.</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">BRIAN L. HALLA*</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chairman
  of the Board and Chief </font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Brian L. Halla)</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Executive
  Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">LEWIS CHEW *</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Senior Vice President and</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Lewis Chew)</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">JAMIE E. SAMATH*</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Controller</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Jamie E. Samath)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">STEVEN R. APPLETON*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Steven R. Appleton)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">GARY P. ARNOLD*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Gary P. Arnold)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">RICHARD J. DANZIG*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:45.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Richard J. Danzig)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">ROBERT J. FRANKENBERG*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Robert J. Frankenberg)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">EDWARD R. McCRACKEN*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Edward R. McCracken)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">MODESTO A. MAIDIQUE*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Modesto A. Maidique)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">*By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">//s// JOHN M. CLARK III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Attorney-in-Fact</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">John M. Clark III</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">NATIONAL
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="ExhibitIndex_074349"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
  Company, as amended (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the
  Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 Registration No.&nbsp;33-52775,
  which became effective March&nbsp;22, 1994); Certificate of Amendment of
  Certificate of Incorporation dated September&nbsp;30, 1994 (incorporated by
  reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration No.&nbsp;333-09957 which became effective
  August&nbsp;12, 1996); Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of
  Incorporation dated September&nbsp;22, 2000 (incorporated by reference from
  the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
  Registration No.&nbsp;333-48424, which became effective October&nbsp;23,
  2000).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">By-Laws of the Company. (incorporated by reference from
  the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;19, 2005 filed
  July&nbsp;22, 2005).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from the
  Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3
  Registration No.&nbsp;33-48935, which became effective October&nbsp;5, 1992).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights
  Agreement (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August&nbsp;10, 1988); First
  Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;31, 1995
  (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1
  to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed December&nbsp;11, 1995);
  Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;17, 1996
  (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;2
  to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;17, 1997);
  Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price on Number of Shares dated April&nbsp;23,
  2004 filed by National Semiconductor Corporation with the Rights Agent
  (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company&#146;s Amendment
  No.&nbsp;3 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed April&nbsp;26,
  2004).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Opinion re Legality.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">10.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">National
  Semiconductor Corporation Director Stock Plan.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Consent of Counsel (Included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:8.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:89.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Power of Attorney.</font></p>
  </td>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2005
Registration No.  333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
95-2095071
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2900
Semiconductor Drive
P.O. Box 58090
Santa Clara, California 95052-8090
(Address of principle executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number including area code:
(408) 721-5000
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR DIRECTOR STOCK PLAN*
(Full title of the
plan)
JOHN M.
CLARK III, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
2900 Semiconductor Drive, P.O. Box 58090
Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090
(Name and address
of agent for service)
(408)
721-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of
  securities
to be registered
Amount
  to be registered
Proposed
  maximum
offering price per share(1)
Proposed
  maximum
aggregate offering price(1)
Amount
  of
registration fee(1)
Common Stock $0.50 par value
500,000 shs
$23.16
$11,580,000.00
$1362.97
Preferred Stock Purchase
  Rights(2)
(1)
Estimated for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 7, 2005 of $ 23.16 per
share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions, which
is used as the estimate offering price solely for the purpose of determining
the registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h).
(2)
Each share of Common Stock includes one
Preferred Stock Purchase Right issued under the Rights Agreement, dated as of
August 8, 1988, as amended, between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company,
N.A. (fka The First National Bank of Boston) as Rights Agent.
*Pursuant to Rule 429
under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus which forms a part of this
Registration Statement also relates to 398,000 shares under the registrant's
Director Stock Plan which were previously registered under Registration
Statement 33-54931.
PART I
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
As
permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8.  The documents containing the
information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the
Plan as required by Securities Act Rule 428(b). 
Such documents are not being filed as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
National
Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company") has amended its Director Stock Plan
(the "Plan") to add 500,000 shares.  This
Registration Statement covers the issuance of shares to Company directors
pursuant to terms of the Plan.
I-1
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
following documents which have been filed with the Commission by the Company
(also referred to herein as the "Registrant") under Commission File Number
1-6453 by the Company are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May
29, 2005, including the portions of the Company's 2005 Annual Report and the
Company's Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
incorporated therein by reference;
(b)
The Company's Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 28, 2005;
(c)
The Company's Reports on Form 8-K filed June 9, 2005; June 14, 2005; June
28, 2005; July 14, 2005; July 22, 2005; September 8, 2005; September 22, 2005;
and September 30, 2005;
(d)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed September 8, 1970; and
(e)
The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 9, 1988 and any
amendments thereto filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document 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 documents which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statements.  Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
II-1
ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES
The
Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and
thus, the requirements of Item 4 with respect thereto are not applicable.
ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
In
connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, John M. Clark III,
Esq. has rendered an opinion to the Company upon the legality of the Common
Stock being registered hereunder.  At the
time of rendering such opinion, Mr. Clark had a substantial interest in the
Company, as defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in
that the fair market value of the 35,985 shares of Common Stock owned directly
and indirectly by him and the 588,000 shares of Common Stock subject to options
held by him exceeds $50,000.  Also at
such time, Mr. Clark was connected with the Company in that he was Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.
ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section
102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the
corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for breach of the director's duty of
loyalty, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for certain
unlawful dividends and stock repurchases, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  Article Thirteenth of the Company's Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate") provides that no
director shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for any breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except as
provided in Section 102 of the DGCL.
Section
145 of the DGCL provides that in the case of any action other than one by or in
the right of the corporation, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in
such capacity on behalf of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful.
Section
145 of the DGCL provides that in the case of an action by or in the right of a
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action
or suit by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation in such capacity on behalf of another corporation or
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
II-2
reasonably incurred by
him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
acted under standards similar to those set forth in the preceding paragraph,
except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any action or claim as
to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
unless a court determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification.
Article
Thirteenth of the Company's Certificate provides that the Company shall to the
extent permitted by law indemnify any person for all liabilities incurred by or
imposed upon him as a result of any action or threatened action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which
he shall be involved by reason of the fact that he is or was serving as a
director, officer or employee of the Company or that, at the request of the
Company, he is or was serving another corporation or enterprise in any
capacity.  Article VIII of the Company's
By-Laws provides for indemnification of any person who was or is a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, or to any derivative proceeding by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or was serving at the request of the corporation in that capacity
for another corporation, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct unlawful.
The
Company has purchased and maintains at its expense, on behalf of directors and
officers, insurance, within certain limits, covering liabilities that may be
incurred by them in such capacities.
ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
applicable.
ITEM 8.  TABLE OF EXHIBITS
4.1
Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 Registration No. 33-52775, which became effective March
22, 1994); Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated September
30, 1994 (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 Registration No. 333-09957 which became
effective August 12, 1996); Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of
Incorporation dated September 22, 2000 (incorporated by reference from the
Exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 Registration No.
333-48424, which became effective October 23, 2000).
4.2
By-Laws of the Company. (Incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to
the Company's Form 8-K dated July 19, 2005 filed July 22, 2005).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from the
Exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 Registration No.
33-48935, which became effective October 5, 1992).
4.4
Rights Agreement (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 10,
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1988); First Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of
October 31, 1995 (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed December 11,
1995); Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of December 17, 1996
(incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Amendment No. 2
to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 17, 1997); Certificate
of Adjusted Purchase Price on Number of Shares dated April 23, 2004 filed by
National Semiconductor Corporation with the Rights Agent (incorporated by
reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed April 26, 2004).
5.1
Opinion re Legality.
10.1
National Semiconductor Corporation Director Stock Plan.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent
of Counsel (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney.
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 of 1933;
(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 the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
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Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply to the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs that is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, 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 of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforeceable. 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 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 of 1933, 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 registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Santa Clara, State of California, on the 9th day of November, 2005.
NATIONAL
  SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By
BRIAN
  L. HALLA*
Brian
  L. Halla
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons
in the capacities indicated on the 9th day of November, 2005.
BRIAN L. HALLA*
Chairman
  of the Board and Chief
(Brian L. Halla)
Executive
  Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
LEWIS CHEW *
Senior Vice President and
(Lewis Chew)
Chief Financial Officer
JAMIE E. SAMATH*
Controller
(Jamie E. Samath)
STEVEN R. APPLETON*
Director
(Steven R. Appleton)
GARY P. ARNOLD*
Director
(Gary P. Arnold)
RICHARD J. DANZIG*
Director
(Richard J. Danzig)
ROBERT J. FRANKENBERG*
Director
(Robert J. Frankenberg)
EDWARD R. McCRACKEN*
Director
(Edward R. McCracken)
MODESTO A. MAIDIQUE*
Director
(Modesto A. Maidique)
*By:
//s// JOHN M. CLARK III
Attorney-in-Fact
John M. Clark III
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NATIONAL
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
  Company, as amended (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the
  Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 Registration No. 33-52775,
  which became effective March 22, 1994); Certificate of Amendment of
  Certificate of Incorporation dated September 30, 1994 (incorporated by
  reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 Registration No. 333-09957 which became effective
  August 12, 1996); Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of
  Incorporation dated September 22, 2000 (incorporated by reference from
  the Exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
  Registration No. 333-48424, which became effective October 23,
  2000).
4.2
By-Laws of the Company. (incorporated by reference from
  the Exhibits to the Company's Form 8-K dated July 19, 2005 filed
  July 22, 2005).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from the
  Exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3
  Registration No. 33-48935, which became effective October 5, 1992).
4.4
Rights
  Agreement (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 10, 1988); First
  Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of October 31, 1995
  (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Amendment No. 1
  to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed December 11, 1995);
  Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of December 17, 1996
  (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Amendment No. 2
  to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 17, 1997);
  Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price on Number of Shares dated April 23,
  2004 filed by National Semiconductor Corporation with the Rights Agent
  (incorporated by reference from the Exhibits to the Company's Amendment
  No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed April 26,
  2004).
5.1
Opinion re Legality.
10.1
National
  Semiconductor Corporation Director Stock Plan.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney.