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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;1, 2001</FONT>

<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

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<B>95-1934119</B></FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2"><B>12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Cohu, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2"><B>Cohu, Inc. 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2"><B>John H. Allen</B><BR>
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Cohu, Inc.<BR>
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>(858)&nbsp;848-8100</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT>

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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">Proposed maximum</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">Proposed maximum</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">offering price per</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">aggregate offering</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">registered(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">share(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">Common Stock,<BR>
        par value $1.00</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">100,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">19.04</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,904,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">476.00</FONT></TD>
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        par value $1.00</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">400,000
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">16.18</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,377,600</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,094.40</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="100%"><FONT size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), also covers additional securities that may be
offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="100%"><FONT size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="100%"><FONT size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h). The maximum offering price per share
is based on the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Cohu,
Inc. Common Stock on July&nbsp;25, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market. As
to shares subject to the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the price is based
upon 85% of the average of the high and low selling prices of Cohu, Inc. Common
Stock on July&nbsp;25, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a74549orex5.txt">EXHIBIT 5</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cohu, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The Company&#146;s latest annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), containing audited financial statements for the Company&#146;s
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a)&nbsp;above.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp; The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed under the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability
of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of the directors&#146; &#147;duty of care.&#148; While the relevant
statute does not change directors&#146; duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission.
The statute has no effect on directors&#146; duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation
which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of
care. The bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors,
officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company&#146;s state of incorporation,
including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary under Delaware Law. Section&nbsp;145 of the General
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<P><FONT size="2">Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for indemnification in terms
sufficiently broad to
indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; Rule&nbsp;415 Offering
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
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&nbsp;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.
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<P><FONT size="2"><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3 or Form&nbsp;S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp; Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Poway, State of California, on July&nbsp;31, 2001.
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        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="2">COHU, INC.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ James A. Donahue</FONT></TD>
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James A. Donahue<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Cohu, Inc. whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint James A. Donahue and John H. Allen, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their, her or his substitutes, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on July&nbsp;31, 2001.
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Charles A. Schwan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board, Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Charles A. Schwan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James A. Donahue
<HR size="1" noshade>
James A. Donahue</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John H. Allen
<HR size="1" noshade>
John H. Allen</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James W. Barnes
<HR size="1" noshade>
James W. Barnes</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Harry L. Casari
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harry L. Casari</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Harold Harrigian
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harold Harrigian</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gene E. Leary
<HR size="1" noshade>
Gene E. Leary</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a) to the Cohu, Inc.
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 1999.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1(a)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference from the
Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;S-8 filed June&nbsp;30, 2000, Exhibit&nbsp;4.1(a)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 1996.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Rights Agreement dated November&nbsp;15, 1996, between Cohu, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., incorporated herein by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 1996.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.4</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Cohu, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended)
incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Cohu, Inc.
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.5</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Cohu, Inc. 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (as amended)
incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the Cohu, Inc.
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion re legality</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)</FONT></TD>
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Cohu, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2001
Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Cohu, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-1934119
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Cohu, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Cohu, Inc. 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John H. Allen
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Cohu, Inc.
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064
(Name and address of agent for service)
(858) 848-8100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered(1)
share(2)
price(2)
registration fee(3)
1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan
Common Stock,
par value $1.00
100,000
$
19.04
$
1,904,000
$
476.00
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock,
par value $1.00
400,000
$
16.18
$
6,473,600
$
1,618.40
500,000
$
8,377,600
$
2,094.40
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also covers additional securities that may be
offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
(3)   Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h). The maximum offering price per share
is based on the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Cohu,
Inc. Common Stock on July 25, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market. As
to shares subject to the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the price is based
upon 85% of the average of the high and low selling prices of Cohu, Inc. Common
Stock on July 25, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Cohu, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
(a)  The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), containing audited financial statements for the Company's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.
(b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a) above.
(c)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Inapplicable
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability
of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of the directors' "duty of care." While the relevant
statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission.
The statute has no effect on directors' duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.
The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation
which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of
care. The bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors,
officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company's state of incorporation,
including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary under Delaware Law. Section 145 of the General
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Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for indemnification in terms
sufficiently broad to
indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)  Rule 415 Offering
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 the 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;
(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.
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.
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Exchange Act 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.
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(b)  Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference
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
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(h)  Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of
registration statement on Form S-8
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, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 Poway, State of California, on July 31, 2001.
COHU, INC.
By:
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Cohu, Inc. whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint James A. Donahue and John H. Allen, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their, her or his substitutes, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on July 31, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/ Charles A. Schwan
Chairman of the Board, Director
Charles A. Schwan
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John H. Allen
John H. Allen
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ James W. Barnes
James W. Barnes
Director
/s/ Harry L. Casari
Harry L. Casari
Director
/s/ Harold Harrigian
Harold Harrigian
Director
/s/ Gene E. Leary
Gene E. Leary
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 3.1(a) to the Cohu, Inc.
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999.
4.1(a)
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference from the
Cohu, Inc. Form S-8 filed June 30, 2000, Exhibit 4.1(a)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996.
4.3
Rights Agreement dated November 15, 1996, between Cohu, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., incorporated herein by
reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996.
4.4
Cohu, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended)
incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Cohu, Inc.
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001.
4.5
Cohu, Inc. 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (as amended)
incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.5 to the Cohu, Inc.
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001.
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23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
6