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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   Current Report
  
       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2002 (March 6, 2002)
  
                          Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
                          ---------------------------------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
         California                  000-27026                   77-0254621
         ----------                  ---------                   ----------
  (State of Incorporation)     (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer ID Number)
                               ---------------------
  
  2380 Bering Drive, San Jose, California                       95131
  ---------------------------------------                       -----
  (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
                                   (408) 435-0080
                                   --------------
                 Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
                           ------------------------------
  
             Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  Item5.    Other Events.
  
            On March 6, 2002 the Board of Directors of Pericom Semiconductor
  Corporation (the "Company") declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase
  right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of common stock, no par value (the
  "Common Shares"), of the Company. The dividend is payable on March 21, 2002 (the
  "Record Date") to the shareholders of record on that date. Each Right entitles
  the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share
  of Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Preferred
  Shares"), of the Company at a price of $100.00 per one one-hundredth of a
  Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment. The description
  and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of March 6,
  2002 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company,
  N.A., as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").
  
            Initially, the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates
  representing Common Shares then outstanding, regardless of whether any such
  certificate has a copy of this summary of rights attached thereto, and no
  separate Right Certificates will be distributed. The Rights will separate from
  the Common Shares and a Distribution Date will occur upon the earlier of (i) 10
  days following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or
  associated persons have acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the
  outstanding Common Shares (an "Acquiring Person") or (ii) 10 business days (or
  such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior
  to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) following the
  commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or
  exchange offer the consummation of which would result in the beneficial
  ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of such outstanding Common Shares
  (unless the Company's Board of Directors has approved the offer).
  
            The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Distribution Date, the
  Rights will be transferred with and only with the Common Shares. Until the
  Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), new
  Common Share certificates issued after the Record Date, upon transfer or new
  issuance of Common Shares, will contain a notation incorporating the Rights
  Agreement by reference. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or
  expiration of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any certificates for
  Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, even without such notation or a
  copy of this summary of rights being attached thereto, will also constitute the
  transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such
  certificate. As soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, separate
  certificates evidencing the Rights ("Right Certificates") will be mailed to
  holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on the
  Distribution Date and such separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the
  Rights.
  
            The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights
  will expire on March 21, 2012 (the "Final Expiration Date"), unless the Rights
  are earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company, in each case as described
  below.
  
            The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred Shares or
  other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject
  to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock
  dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or
  
                                         2
  
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  reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the
  Preferred Shares of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
  Preferred Shares at a price, or securities convertible into Preferred Shares
  with a conversion price, less than the then current market price of the
  Preferred Shares or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Preferred
  Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash
  dividends paid out of earnings or retained earnings or dividends payable in
  Preferred Shares) or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those
  referred to above).
  
            The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one one-hundredths
  of a Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each Right are also subject to
  adjustment in the event of a stock split of the Common Shares or a stock
  dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or a subdivision,
  consolidation or combination of the Common Shares occurring, in any such case,
  prior to the Distribution Date.
  
            Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will not be
  redeemable. Each Preferred Share will be entitled to a minimum preferential
  dividend payment of 100 times the dividend declared per Common Share. In the
  event of liquidation, the holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to a
  minimum preferential liquidation payment of $100.00 per share but will be
  entitled to an aggregate payment of 100 times the payment made per Common Share.
  Each Preferred Share will have 100 votes, voting together with the Common
  Shares. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction
  in which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will be entitled to
  receive 100 times the amount received per Common Share. These rights are
  protected by customary antidilution provisions.
  
            Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares' dividend, liquidation
  and voting rights, the value of the one one-hundredth interest in a Preferred
  Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of
  one Common Share.
  
            In the event that (i) any person or group of affiliated or associated
  persons becomes an Acquiring Person, or (ii) during such time as there is an
  Acquiring Person, there shall be a reclassification of securities or a
  recapitalization or reorganization of the Company or other transaction or series
  of transactions involving the Company which has the effect of increasing by more
  than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity
  securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by the
  Acquiring Person (each a "flip-in" event), proper provision shall be made so
  that each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially owned by the
  Acquiring Person (which will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the right
  to receive upon exercise that number of Common Shares (or, in the event that
  there are insufficient authorized Common Shares, substitute consideration such
  as cash, property, or other securities of the Company, such as Preferred Stock)
  having a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right. In the event
  that the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination
  transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earning power are sold
  (a "flip-over event"), proper provision will be made so that each holder of a
  Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at
  the then current exercise price of the Right, that number of shares of common
  stock of the acquiring company which at the time of such transaction will have a
  market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.
  
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  <PAGE>
  
            At any time after the acquisition by a person or group of affiliated
  or associated persons of beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding
  Common Shares and prior to the acquisition by such person or group of 50% or
  more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the Company may
  exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group which have
  become void), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one Common Share, or
  one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or of a share of a class or series of
  the Company's preferred stock having equivalent rights, preferences and
  privileges), per Right (subject to adjustment).
  
            With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be
  required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in
  such Purchase Price. No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued (other than
  fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred
  Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depository
  receipts) and in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the
  market price of the Preferred Shares on the last trading day prior to the date
  of exercise.
  
            At any time before a person becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of
  Directors of the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a
  price of $0.001 per Right (the "Redemption Price"). After the redemption period
  has expired, the Company's rights of redemption may be reinstated if, prior to
  completion of certain recapitalizations, mergers or other business combinations,
  an Acquiring Person reduces its beneficial ownership to less than 15% of the
  outstanding Common Shares in a transaction or series of transactions not
  involving the Company. The redemption of the rights may be made effective at
  such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in
  its sole discretion may establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the
  Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of
  the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.
  
            The terms of the Rights may be amended by the Board of Directors of
  the Company without the consent of the holders of the Rights, including an
  amendment to lower certain thresholds described above to not less than the
  greater of (i) any percentage greater than the largest percentage of the
  outstanding Common Shares then known to the Company to be beneficially owned by
  any person or group of affiliated or associated persons (unless such person or
  group is excluded from the effect of such reduction) and (ii) 10%, except that
  from and after such time as any person becomes an Acquiring Person no such
  amendment may adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights.
  
            Until a Right is exercised, the holder of a Right will not, by reason
  of being such a holder, have rights as a shareholder of the Company, including,
  without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
  
            The Rights approved by the Board are designed to protect and maximize
  the value of the outstanding equity interests in the Company in the event of an
  unsolicited attempt by an acquiror to take over the Company, in a manner or on
  terms not approved by the Board of Directors. Takeover attempts frequently
  include coercive tactics to deprive the Company's Board of Directors and its
  shareholders of any real opportunity to determine the destiny of the Company.
  The Rights have been declared by the Board in order to deter such tactics,
  including a gradual accumulation of shares in the open market of a 15% or
  greater position to be followed by
  
                                         4
  
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  a merger or a partial or two-tier tender offer that does not treat all
  shareholders equally. These tactics unfairly pressure shareholders, squeeze them
  out of their investment without giving them any real choice and deprive them of
  the full value of their shares.
  
            The Rights are not intended to prevent a take over of the Company and
  will not do so. The Rights may be redeemed by the Company at $0.001 per Right
  prior to the accumulation of 15% or more of the Company's shares by a single
  acquiror or group. Accordingly, the Rights should not interfere with any merger
  or business combination approved by the Board of Directors.
  
            Issuance of the Rights does not in any way weaken the financial
  strength of the Company or interfere with its business plans. The issuance of
  the Rights themselves has no dilutive effect, will not affect reported earnings
  per share, should not be taxable to the Company or to its shareholders, and will
  not change the way in which the Company's shares are presently traded. The
  Company's Board of Directors believes that the Rights represent a sound and
  reasonable means of addressing the complex issues of corporate policy created by
  the current takeover environment.
  
  A copy of the Rights Agreement is filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission as an Exhibit to this Registration Statement on Form 8-K. A copy of
  the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This summary
  description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
  its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement.
  
  Item7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
  (c)  Exhibits.
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       The exhibits to this report are incorporated by reference to the exhibit
       index which is attached hereto.
  
                                         5
  
  <PAGE>
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the
  registrant has caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned duly authorized person.
  
  Date:  Marcxh 12, 2002                   Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
        ------------------------
  
                                           By:  /s/ Alex Chi-Ming Hui
                                              ------------------------------------
                                           Name: Alex Chi-Ming Hui
                                                 Its President and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer
  
                                         6
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                    Exhibit Index
  
  No.      Description
  ---      -----------
  
  4.       Rights Agreement between Pericom Semiconductor Corporation and
           Equiserve Trust Company, N.A. dated as of March 6, 2002, including Form
           on Right Certificate attached thereto as Exhibit B [Incorporated by
           reference to Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
           the Registrant dated March 12, 2002].
  
  99.      Press release issued by the Company on March 7, 2002 [Incorporated by
           reference to Exhibit 99 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
           the Registrant dated March 12, 2002].
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   Current Report
  
       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2002 (March 6, 2002)
  
                          Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
                          ---------------------------------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
         California                  000-27026                   77-0254621
         ----------                  ---------                   ----------
  (State of Incorporation)     (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer ID Number)
                               ---------------------
  
  2380 Bering Drive, San Jose, California                       95131
  ---------------------------------------                       -----
  (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
                                   (408) 435-0080
                                   --------------
                 Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
                           ------------------------------
  
             Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  Item5.    Other Events.
  
            On March 6, 2002 the Board of Directors of Pericom Semiconductor
  Corporation (the "Company") declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase
  right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of common stock, no par value (the
  "Common Shares"), of the Company. The dividend is payable on March 21, 2002 (the
  "Record Date") to the shareholders of record on that date. Each Right entitles
  the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share
  of Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Preferred
  Shares"), of the Company at a price of $100.00 per one one-hundredth of a
  Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment. The description
  and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of March 6,
  2002 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company,
  N.A., as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").
  
            Initially, the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates
  representing Common Shares then outstanding, regardless of whether any such
  certificate has a copy of this summary of rights attached thereto, and no
  separate Right Certificates will be distributed. The Rights will separate from
  the Common Shares and a Distribution Date will occur upon the earlier of (i) 10
  days following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or
  associated persons have acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the
  outstanding Common Shares (an "Acquiring Person") or (ii) 10 business days (or
  such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior
  to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) following the
  commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or
  exchange offer the consummation of which would result in the beneficial
  ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of such outstanding Common Shares
  (unless the Company's Board of Directors has approved the offer).
  
            The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Distribution Date, the
  Rights will be transferred with and only with the Common Shares. Until the
  Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), new
  Common Share certificates issued after the Record Date, upon transfer or new
  issuance of Common Shares, will contain a notation incorporating the Rights
  Agreement by reference. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or
  expiration of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any certificates for
  Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, even without such notation or a
  copy of this summary of rights being attached thereto, will also constitute the
  transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such
  certificate. As soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, separate
  certificates evidencing the Rights ("Right Certificates") will be mailed to
  holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on the
  Distribution Date and such separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the
  Rights.
  
            The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights
  will expire on March 21, 2012 (the "Final Expiration Date"), unless the Rights
  are earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company, in each case as described
  below.
  
            The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred Shares or
  other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject
  to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock
  dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or
  
                                         2
  reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the
  Preferred Shares of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
  Preferred Shares at a price, or securities convertible into Preferred Shares
  with a conversion price, less than the then current market price of the
  Preferred Shares or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Preferred
  Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash
  dividends paid out of earnings or retained earnings or dividends payable in
  Preferred Shares) or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those
  referred to above).
  
            The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one one-hundredths
  of a Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each Right are also subject to
  adjustment in the event of a stock split of the Common Shares or a stock
  dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or a subdivision,
  consolidation or combination of the Common Shares occurring, in any such case,
  prior to the Distribution Date.
  
            Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will not be
  redeemable. Each Preferred Share will be entitled to a minimum preferential
  dividend payment of 100 times the dividend declared per Common Share. In the
  event of liquidation, the holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to a
  minimum preferential liquidation payment of $100.00 per share but will be
  entitled to an aggregate payment of 100 times the payment made per Common Share.
  Each Preferred Share will have 100 votes, voting together with the Common
  Shares. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction
  in which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will be entitled to
  receive 100 times the amount received per Common Share. These rights are
  protected by customary antidilution provisions.
  
            Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares' dividend, liquidation
  and voting rights, the value of the one one-hundredth interest in a Preferred
  Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of
  one Common Share.
  
            In the event that (i) any person or group of affiliated or associated
  persons becomes an Acquiring Person, or (ii) during such time as there is an
  Acquiring Person, there shall be a reclassification of securities or a
  recapitalization or reorganization of the Company or other transaction or series
  of transactions involving the Company which has the effect of increasing by more
  than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity
  securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by the
  Acquiring Person (each a "flip-in" event), proper provision shall be made so
  that each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially owned by the
  Acquiring Person (which will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the right
  to receive upon exercise that number of Common Shares (or, in the event that
  there are insufficient authorized Common Shares, substitute consideration such
  as cash, property, or other securities of the Company, such as Preferred Stock)
  having a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right. In the event
  that the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination
  transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earning power are sold
  (a "flip-over event"), proper provision will be made so that each holder of a
  Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at
  the then current exercise price of the Right, that number of shares of common
  stock of the acquiring company which at the time of such transaction will have a
  market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.
  
                                         3
  At any time after the acquisition by a person or group of affiliated
  or associated persons of beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding
  Common Shares and prior to the acquisition by such person or group of 50% or
  more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the Company may
  exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group which have
  become void), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one Common Share, or
  one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or of a share of a class or series of
  the Company's preferred stock having equivalent rights, preferences and
  privileges), per Right (subject to adjustment).
  
            With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be
  required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in
  such Purchase Price. No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued (other than
  fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred
  Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depository
  receipts) and in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the
  market price of the Preferred Shares on the last trading day prior to the date
  of exercise.
  
            At any time before a person becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of
  Directors of the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a
  price of $0.001 per Right (the "Redemption Price"). After the redemption period
  has expired, the Company's rights of redemption may be reinstated if, prior to
  completion of certain recapitalizations, mergers or other business combinations,
  an Acquiring Person reduces its beneficial ownership to less than 15% of the
  outstanding Common Shares in a transaction or series of transactions not
  involving the Company. The redemption of the rights may be made effective at
  such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in
  its sole discretion may establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the
  Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of
  the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.
  
            The terms of the Rights may be amended by the Board of Directors of
  the Company without the consent of the holders of the Rights, including an
  amendment to lower certain thresholds described above to not less than the
  greater of (i) any percentage greater than the largest percentage of the
  outstanding Common Shares then known to the Company to be beneficially owned by
  any person or group of affiliated or associated persons (unless such person or
  group is excluded from the effect of such reduction) and (ii) 10%, except that
  from and after such time as any person becomes an Acquiring Person no such
  amendment may adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights.
  
            Until a Right is exercised, the holder of a Right will not, by reason
  of being such a holder, have rights as a shareholder of the Company, including,
  without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
  
            The Rights approved by the Board are designed to protect and maximize
  the value of the outstanding equity interests in the Company in the event of an
  unsolicited attempt by an acquiror to take over the Company, in a manner or on
  terms not approved by the Board of Directors. Takeover attempts frequently
  include coercive tactics to deprive the Company's Board of Directors and its
  shareholders of any real opportunity to determine the destiny of the Company.
  The Rights have been declared by the Board in order to deter such tactics,
  including a gradual accumulation of shares in the open market of a 15% or
  greater position to be followed by
  
                                         4
  a merger or a partial or two-tier tender offer that does not treat all
  shareholders equally. These tactics unfairly pressure shareholders, squeeze them
  out of their investment without giving them any real choice and deprive them of
  the full value of their shares.
  
            The Rights are not intended to prevent a take over of the Company and
  will not do so. The Rights may be redeemed by the Company at $0.001 per Right
  prior to the accumulation of 15% or more of the Company's shares by a single
  acquiror or group. Accordingly, the Rights should not interfere with any merger
  or business combination approved by the Board of Directors.
  
            Issuance of the Rights does not in any way weaken the financial
  strength of the Company or interfere with its business plans. The issuance of
  the Rights themselves has no dilutive effect, will not affect reported earnings
  per share, should not be taxable to the Company or to its shareholders, and will
  not change the way in which the Company's shares are presently traded. The
  Company's Board of Directors believes that the Rights represent a sound and
  reasonable means of addressing the complex issues of corporate policy created by
  the current takeover environment.
  
  A copy of the Rights Agreement is filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission as an Exhibit to this Registration Statement on Form 8-K. A copy of
  the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This summary
  description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
  its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement.
  
  Item7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
  (c)  Exhibits.
       --------
  
       The exhibits to this report are incorporated by reference to the exhibit
       index which is attached hereto.
  
                                         5
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the
  registrant has caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned duly authorized person.
  
  Date:  Marcxh 12, 2002                   Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
        ------------------------
  
                                           By:  /s/ Alex Chi-Ming Hui
                                              ------------------------------------
                                           Name: Alex Chi-Ming Hui
                                                 Its President and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer
  
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  Exhibit Index
  
  No.      Description
  ---      -----------
  
  4.       Rights Agreement between Pericom Semiconductor Corporation and
           Equiserve Trust Company, N.A. dated as of March 6, 2002, including Form
           on Right Certificate attached thereto as Exhibit B [Incorporated by
           reference to Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
           the Registrant dated March 12, 2002].
  
  99.      Press release issued by the Company on March 7, 2002 [Incorporated by
           reference to Exhibit 99 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
           the Registrant dated March 12, 2002].