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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;23, 2009
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COHU, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-1934119</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064</B><BR>
<I>(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Cohu, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jeffrey D. Jones</B><BR>
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Cohu, Inc.<BR>
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064<BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(858)&nbsp;848-8100</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>


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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
par value $1.00</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also
covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued as a result of
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration
fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933. 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;21, 2009,
as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</U>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;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 &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), containing audited
financial statements for the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended December&nbsp;27, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;above.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;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 then 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;5</U>. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;6</U>. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has adopted provisions in its Amended and Restated 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 Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware provides for indemnification in terms
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and
certain officers.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a) from the Cohu, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June
30, 1999.</TD>
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    <TD>Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1(a) of the Cohu, Inc. Form S-8 filed June&nbsp;30,
2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;12, 1996.</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated November&nbsp;10, 2006, between Cohu, Inc. and Mellon Investor
Services, LLC, as Rights Agent, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 from the
Cohu, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;13, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
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    <TD>Opinion re legality</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">99.1</TD>
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    <TD>Cohu, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference from the Cohu, Inc. Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;13, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;9</U>. <U>Undertakings</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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. 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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><I>Provided, however</I>,</U> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&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 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&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 Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Poway, State of California, on July&nbsp;21, 2009.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">COHU, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James A. Donahue
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">James A. Donahue&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Cohu, Inc. whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and
appoint James A. Donahue and Jeffrey D. Jones, 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles A. Schwan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles A. Schwan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;21, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Donahue
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Donahue
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;21, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey D. Jones
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey D. Jones
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harry L. Casari
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harry L. Casari
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert L. Ciardella
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert L. Ciardella
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harold Harrigian
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harold Harrigian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a) from the Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June
30, 1999.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1(a) of the Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;S-8 filed June&nbsp;30,
2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;12, 1996.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated November&nbsp;10, 2006, between Cohu, Inc. and Mellon Investor
Services, LLC, as Rights Agent, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 from the
Cohu, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;13, 2006.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion re legality</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Cohu, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference from the Cohu, Inc. Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;13, 2009.</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2009
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
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
95-1934119
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Cohu, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jeffrey D. Jones
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)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
be registered
(1)
registered
(1)
share
(2)
price
(2)
registration fee
(2)
Common Stock,
par value $1.00
2,800,000
$
10.03
$
28,084,000.00
$
1,567.09
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also
covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued as a result of
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration
fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933. 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 21, 2009,
as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
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
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
Table of Contents
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 27, 2008.
(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 then 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
Not applicable
Item 5
.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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 Amended and Restated 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 Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware provides for indemnification in terms
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sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and
certain officers.
Item 7
.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8
.
Exhibits
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) from 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 to Exhibit 4.1(a) of the Cohu, Inc. Form S-8 filed June 30,
2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 12, 1996.
4.3
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated November 10, 2006, between Cohu, Inc. and Mellon Investor
Services, LLC, as Rights Agent, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 from the
Cohu, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2006.
5.1
Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
99.1
Cohu, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference from the Cohu, Inc. Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2009.
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 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. 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 a 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)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or 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.
(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 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.
(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 Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 Poway, State of California, on July 21, 2009.
COHU, INC.
By:
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Cohu, Inc. whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and
appoint James A. Donahue and Jeffrey D. Jones, 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles A. Schwan
Charles A. Schwan
Chairman of the Board, Director
July 21, 2009
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 21, 2009
/s/ Jeffrey D. Jones
Jeffrey D. Jones
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 21, 2009
/s/ Harry L. Casari
Harry L. Casari
Director
July 21, 2009
/s/ Robert L. Ciardella
Robert L. Ciardella
Director
July 21, 2009
/s/ Harold Harrigian
Harold Harrigian
Director
July 21, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) from 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 to Exhibit 4.1(a) of the Cohu, Inc. Form S-8 filed June 30,
2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 12, 1996.
4.3
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated November 10, 2006, between Cohu, Inc. and Mellon Investor
Services, LLC, as Rights Agent, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 from the
Cohu, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2006.
5.1
Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
99.1
Cohu, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference from the Cohu, Inc. Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2009.
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