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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-3654013</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2300 N.E. Brookwood Parkway<BR>
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code of Registrant's principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM<BR>
1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>STEVEN J. SHARP<BR>
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief<BR>
Executive Officer<BR>
TriQuint Semiconductor,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
2300 N.E. Brookwood Parkway<BR>
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124<BR>
(503) 615-9000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Copies
to: </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>ROBERT P. LATTA, ESQ.<BR>
KATHERINE STEPHENS, ESQ.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page&nbsp;Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94306<BR>
(650) 493-9300 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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Securities to be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
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Offering Price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="31%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1996 Stock Incentive Program(1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>3,900,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$27.175(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$105,982,500.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$26,495.63</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>1,463,689 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$23.09875(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$33,809,386.28</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$8,452.35</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock
that become issuable under the 1996 Stock Incentive Program and the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May&nbsp;18, 2001. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
in accordance with Rule 457(h)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of
$27.175 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May&nbsp;18, 2001. The offering price of $23.09875 per share, computed in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;pursuant to the 1998 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, is 85% of the lesser of the price of a share of Common Stock of the Registrant on the first day of the offering period or the last date of the purchase period. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>The contents of the Registrant's Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statements (Registration Statement Nos.&nbsp;333-31585,
333-74617, 333-81273 and 333-39730) filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;18, 1997, March&nbsp;18, 1999, June&nbsp;22, 1999 and June&nbsp;20, 2000,
respectively, and the Registrant's Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statements (Registration Statement Nos. 333-66707 and 333-39732) filed with the Commission on
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<BR>    PART&nbsp;II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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1996 Stock Incentive Program</FONT></TD>
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1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant
to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, the Bylaws of the registrant, indemnification agreements entered into between the registrant and its
officers and directors 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 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant in successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted </FONT></P>

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by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, TriQuint Semiconductor,&nbsp;Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Hillsboro, State of Oregon, on this 24<SUP>th</SUP> day of May&nbsp;2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN J. SHARP</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven J. Sharp<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven&nbsp;J. Sharp and Edson&nbsp;H.
Whitehurst,&nbsp;Jr., jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>


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SIZE=2><B>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.</B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN J. SHARP</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven J. Sharp</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40%"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>EDSON H. WHITEHURST,&nbsp;JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Edson H. Whitehurst,&nbsp;Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>FRANCISCO ALVAREZ</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Francisco Alvarez</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAUL A. GARY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Paul A. Gary</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES SCOTT GIBSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles Scott Gibson</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>NICOLAS KAUSER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Nicolas Kauser</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WALDEN C. RHINES</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Walden C. Rhines</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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4.1</FONT></TD>
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1996 Stock Incentive Program</FONT></TD>
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1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-3654013
(State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2300 N.E. Brookwood Parkway
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
(Address, including zip code of Registrant's principal executive offices)
1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
STEVEN J. SHARP
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
2300 N.E. Brookwood Parkway
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
(503) 615-9000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
ROBERT P. LATTA, ESQ.
KATHERINE STEPHENS, ESQ.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to
be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1996 Stock Incentive Program(1)
3,900,000 shares
$27.175(2)
$105,982,500.00
$26,495.63
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(1)
1,463,689 shares
$23.09875(3)
$33,809,386.28
$8,452.35
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock
that become issuable under the 1996 Stock Incentive Program and the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated
in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 18, 2001.
(3)
Estimated
in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of
$27.175 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 18, 2001. The offering price of $23.09875 per share, computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) pursuant to the 1998 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, is 85% of the lesser of the price of a share of Common Stock of the Registrant on the first day of the offering period or the last date of the purchase period.
The contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statements (Registration Statement Nos. 333-31585,
333-74617, 333-81273 and 333-39730) filed with the Commission on July 18, 1997, March 18, 1999, June 22, 1999 and June 20, 2000,
respectively, and the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statements (Registration Statement Nos. 333-66707 and 333-39732) filed with the Commission on
November 3, 1998 and June 20, 2000 are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.  Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Documents
4.1
1996 Stock Incentive Program
4.2
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Auditors
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 3)
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 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.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 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 each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant
to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered 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 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, the Bylaws of the registrant, indemnification agreements entered into between the registrant and its
officers and directors 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 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant in successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted
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by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Hillsboro, State of Oregon, on this 24
th
day of May 2001.
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
By:
/s/
STEVEN J. SHARP
Steven J. Sharp
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven J. Sharp and Edson H.
Whitehurst, Jr., jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may 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/
STEVEN J. SHARP
Steven J. Sharp
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
May 24, 2001
/s/
EDSON H. WHITEHURST, JR.
Edson H. Whitehurst, Jr.
Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 24, 2001
/s/
FRANCISCO ALVAREZ
Francisco Alvarez
Director
May 24, 2001
/s/
PAUL A. GARY
Paul A. Gary
Director
May 24, 2001
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/s/
CHARLES SCOTT GIBSON
Charles Scott Gibson
Director
May 24, 2001
/s/
NICOLAS KAUSER
Nicolas Kauser
Director
May 24, 2001
/s/
WALDEN C. RHINES
Walden C. Rhines
Director
May 24, 2001
/s/
EDWARD F. TUCK
Edward F. Tuck
Director
May 24, 2001
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TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Documents
4.1
1996 Stock Incentive Program
4.2
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Auditors
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 3)
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