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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>P<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">URSUANT</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">TO</FONT> S<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ECTION</FONT>&nbsp;13 <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">OR</FONT>
15(d) <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">OF</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">THE</FONT> </B></P>

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E<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">XCHANGE</FONT> A<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CT</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">OF</FONT>
1934 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event
reported): November 6, 2012 (November 1, 2012)</B>&nbsp;</P>

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IN ITS CHARTER) </B>&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">0-27026</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">77-0254621</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>3545 North First Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>San Jose, California 95134</B></P>

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executive offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On November 1, 2012, the Board of Directors
of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) approved an Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement (the
&ldquo;Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement&rdquo;), to be entered into by and between the Company and each of the
executive officers of the Company and certain other officers to be selected by the Chief Executive Officer (collectively, the &quot;Executing
Officers&quot;). The Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement was amended and restated primarily to align the commercial
terms of the benefits payable pursuant to such Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement with current market practices,
including those of the Company's peers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The principal revisions contained in the
Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement consist of, with respect to Executing Officers who are terminated following a
change in control of the Company under conditions specified in the Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement (a &quot;Qualifying
Termination&quot;):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt">extending the period for which medical and dental benefits coverage will provided to the Executive Officers following such Qualifying Termination from 12 to 18 months;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt">eliminating the noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions applicable to such Executing Officers in order to comply with applicable employment law prohibiting such restrictive covenants;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt">eliminating the continuation of the life insurance benefits that were provided under the prior change in control agreement to the Executive Officers during the severance period; and</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt">other revisions relating to payment timing to ensure that all such provisions comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.</TD></TR>
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of Control Agreement to be entered into with the Chief Executive Officer has been revised to provide that, following a Qualifying
Termination, the Chief Executive Officer will be entitled to receive an amount equal to two times the Chief Executive Officer's
annualized base salary as in effect on the date of the Qualifying Termination. Each other Executing Officer will continue to be
entitled to receive an amount equal to such officer's annualized base salary following a Qualifying Termination.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing is only a summary of the principal
amendments to the Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full
text of the Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: November 6, 2012&nbsp;</P>

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
P
URSUANT
TO
S
ECTION
13
OR
15(d)
OF
THE
S
ECURITIES
E
XCHANGE
A
CT
OF
1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event
reported): November 6, 2012 (November 1, 2012)
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED
IN ITS CHARTER)
California
0-27026
77-0254621
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
3545 North First Street
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of principal
executive offices) (Zip Code)
(408) 435-0800
(REGISTRANT'S
TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
1
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 1, 2012, the Board of Directors
of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company") approved an Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement (the
"Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement"), to be entered into by and between the Company and each of the
executive officers of the Company and certain other officers to be selected by the Chief Executive Officer (collectively, the "Executing
Officers"). The Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement was amended and restated primarily to align the commercial
terms of the benefits payable pursuant to such Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement with current market practices,
including those of the Company's peers.
The principal revisions contained in the
Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement consist of, with respect to Executing Officers who are terminated following a
change in control of the Company under conditions specified in the Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement (a "Qualifying
Termination"):
·
extending the period for which medical and dental benefits coverage will provided to the Executive Officers following such Qualifying Termination from 12 to 18 months;
·
eliminating the noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions applicable to such Executing Officers in order to comply with applicable employment law prohibiting such restrictive covenants;
·
eliminating the continuation of the life insurance benefits that were provided under the prior change in control agreement to the Executive Officers during the severance period; and
·
other revisions relating to payment timing to ensure that all such provisions comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Additionally, the Amended and Restated Change
of Control Agreement to be entered into with the Chief Executive Officer has been revised to provide that, following a Qualifying
Termination, the Chief Executive Officer will be entitled to receive an amount equal to two times the Chief Executive Officer's
annualized base salary as in effect on the date of the Qualifying Termination. Each other Executing Officer will continue to be
entitled to receive an amount equal to such officer's annualized base salary following a Qualifying Termination.
The foregoing is only a summary of the principal
amendments to the Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full
text of the Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10.1
Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement
2
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 6, 2012
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Alex Hui
Alex Hui
Chief Executive Officer
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