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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8.5pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8.5pt;">October 21, 2014</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">94-2778785</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">1630 McCarthy Boulevard</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Milpitas, California 95035</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;"> Equity Incentive Plan</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Paul Coghlan</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">1630 McCarthy Boulevard</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Milpitas, California 95035</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Herbert P. Fockler, Esq.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Professional Corporation</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">650 Page Mill Road</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Palo Alto, California 94304</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">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 &#x201C;large accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;accelerated filer&#x201D; and &#x201C;smaller reporting company&#x201D; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#xF0FE;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#x25FB;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#x25FB;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#x25FB;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Title of</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Securities</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">to be</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Registered</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Amount</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">to be</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Registered (1)(3)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Proposed</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Maximum</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Offering</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Price Per</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Share</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">2)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Proposed</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Maximum</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Aggregate</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Offering</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Price</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Amount</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">of</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Registration</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Fee</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 7.2pt;text-indent: -7.2pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">, issuable under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="bottom" style="width:87.30pt;padding:0pt 7.2pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">8,557,659</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="bottom" style="width:79.20pt;padding:0pt 7.2pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">$38.93</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="bottom" style="width:115.20pt;padding:0pt 7.2pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">$333</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">,149,664.8</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:100.80pt;padding:0pt 7.2pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">$</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">38</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">,711.99</font></p>
				</td>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:50%;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="width:540.00pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size: 8pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">[</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">41.65</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">]</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">[October 8, 2014]</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">.</font></p>

			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size: 8pt;margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;width: 25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:8pt;;"> (2)</font>
			</p>
		<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">7,192,937 </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">shares of Common Stock transferred to the 2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Plan </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">from the Linear Technology Corporation 2001</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Nonstatutory</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Stock Option Plan (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">2001</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Plan&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 Plan, plus (ii) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">364</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">722</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> shares of Common Stock still outstanding under the 2001 Plan that may transfer to the 2010 Plan due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 plan.</font>
					<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden">
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						<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-18pt; padding-right:134.3pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">(1)</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the Linear Technology Corporation </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Equity Incentive Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">(the &#x201C;2010 Plan&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> described herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock</font></font></p>

			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt;margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;width: 25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;;"> (3)</font>
			</p>
		<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposed of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">38.93</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">October 16, 2014</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">.</font>

			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 8pt;margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 7.2pt 0pt 0pt;width: 25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;;"> (4)</font>
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		<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Represents (i) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">7,192,937 </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">shares of Common Stock transferred to the 2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Plan </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">from the Linear Technology Corporation 2001</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Nonstatutory</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Stock Option Plan (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">2001</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> Plan&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 Plan, plus (ii) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">364</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">722</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;"> shares of Common Stock still outstanding under the 2001 Plan that may transfer to the 2010 Plan due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 plan.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;font-weight:bold;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 10pt"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">In 2010, Linear Technology Corporation (the &#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;) adopted the 2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Equity Incentive</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Plan to replace its 2001</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Nonstatutory Stock Option</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Plan, which was scheduled</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> to expire in </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2011</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;The shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Plan </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">consisted of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">9,577,031</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">shares, plus shares that remained available for future grant under the 2001 Plan at the time the 2010 Plan was approved by the Registrant&#x2019;s stockholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;The issuance of all such shares</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> was registered on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">a &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">February 11, 2011</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The shares reserved for issuance under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Plan also include (i) all shares subject to options outstanding under the 2001 Plan at the time the 2010 Plan was approved that subsequently expired or otherwise terminated without being exercised in full, and (ii) all shares issued under the 2001 Plan subject to vesting restrictions that were subsequently forfeited or otherwise reacquired by the Registrant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, including withholding to satisfy tax withholding obligations</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such shares are added to the shares reserved for issuance under the 2010 Plan, and become available for grant thereunder, as they are reacquired or </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">the related option terminates.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">This Registration Statement covers the future issuance under the 2010 Plan of all such additional shares that </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">rolled over into the 2010 Plan from the 2001 Plan since its adoption</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, as well as all such additional shares remaining in the 2001 Plan that may become available for grant under the 2010 Plan.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">PART II</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:9pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10pt;">ITEM 3.</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10pt;">INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The following documents and information previously filed with the Commission </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">by (the Registrant</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">) are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference: </font>
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				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Symbol;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-size:10pt;;"> &#xB7;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">June 29, 2014</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> filed with the Commission on August 20, 2014, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 26, 2014 pursuant to Section 13 o</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">r 15(d) of the Exchange Act;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 17, 2014 pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The description of the Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock to be offered hereby is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 1986 pursuant to Section 1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in </font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">ITEM 4.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Not applicable.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">ITEM 5.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">ITEM 6.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#x201C;Delaware Law&#x201D;) authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#x2019;s Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IX of the Registrant&#x2019;s Certificate of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;VI of the Registrant&#x2019;s Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant&#x2019;s directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its directors and executive officers, whereby the Registrant indemnifies these persons to the maximum extent authorized by Section 145 of the DGCL for certain events or occurrences while the director or executive officer is or was serving at the Registrant's request in such capacity.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under these indemnification agreements, the Registrant also agrees to indemnify its directors and executive officers against expenses including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlements actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding (including an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of their status as such. The Registrant maintains insurance covering its directors and officers against certain liabilities incurred by them in their capacities as such, including among other things, certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:15.8pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 8.</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Exhibits.</font></font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Equity Incentive Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> and forms of agreement thereunder</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on September 15, 2010</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">ITEM 9.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">UNDERTAKINGS</font>
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				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;;;padding:0pt 4pt 0pt 0pt;"> (a)</font>
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;;"> (1)</font>
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;;;padding:0pt 23pt 0pt 0pt;"> (i)</font>
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">To include any prospectus required by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ection 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;;;padding:0pt 20pt 0pt 0pt;"> (ii)</font>
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">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 fort</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">h in the registration statement.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">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 &#x201C;Calculation of Registration Fee&#x201D; table in the effective registration statement</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;;;padding:0pt 17pt 0pt 0pt;"> (iii)</font>
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> 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></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">p</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">rovided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">f</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">iled 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</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:72pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(2)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 63pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">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.</font>
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			<font style="font-size: 11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;display: inline;font-size:11pt;">5</font>

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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(3)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 27pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">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>
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			<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;">
				<font style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;;;padding:0pt 4pt 0pt 0pt;"> (b)</font>
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ection 13(a) or </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ection 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ection 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.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(other than the payment by the R</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">egistrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">of the R</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">egistrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;font-weight:bold;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 10pt"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">SIGNATURES</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#8209;8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milpitas, California, on October</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> 21</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 2014.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10pt;">Linear Technology Corporation</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:26.6pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">By:&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Paul Coghlan</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;"></font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Paul Coghlan</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Lothar Maier and Paul Coghlan 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</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#8209;8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Lothar Maier</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">___________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Lothar Maier</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Paul Coghlan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">___________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Paul Coghlan</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">_</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Robert H. Swanson Jr.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">___________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Robert H. Swanson, Jr.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">_</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Arthur Agnos</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">________</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">__________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Arthur Agnos</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">__</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">John Gordon</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">______________</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">____</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">John Gordon</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">__</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">David S. Lee</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">__________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">David S. Lee</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">__/s/ Richard M. Moley</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">______________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Richard M. Moley</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">_/s/ Thomas S. Volpe</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Thomas S. Volpe</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Equity Incentive Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> and forms of agreement thereunder</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on September 15, 2010</font></p>
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		<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 10pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">EXHIBIT 5.1</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">OPINION OF </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:11.5pt;">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">Professional Corporation</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">650 Page Mill Road</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">Palo Alto, CA&nbsp;&nbsp;94304</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">Phone (650) 493-9300&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">October 21, 2014</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Linear Technology Corporation</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">1630 McCarthy Boulevard</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Milpitas</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, CA&nbsp;&nbsp;9</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">5035</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Re:</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 27pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Registration Statement on Form S-8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt -22.5pt 0pt 0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">We have examined the Re</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">gistration </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Statement on Form S-8 </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">to be filed by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Linear Technology Corporation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> October 21, 2014 (the &#x201C;Registration Statement&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> in connection with the registration under the Securitie</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">s &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Act of 1933, as amended, of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">7,192,937</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> shares of your Common Stock</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (the &#x201C;Shares&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> reserved for issuance under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2010</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Equity Incentive Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">and sale of the Shares to be issued under </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">the Plan.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">It is our opinion that, when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Plan and the agreements </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">that</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> accompany the Plan, the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">hares </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.</font>
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		<p style="margin:12pt -22.5pt 0pt 234pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Very truly yours,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, P.C</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH &amp; ROSATI</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Professional Corporation</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;">Exhibit 23.1</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">CONSENT OF</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan of Linear Technology Corporation of our reports dated August 20, 2014, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Linear Technology Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Linear Technology Corporation, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">San Jose, California</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 21, 2014</font>
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S8 2010 stock plan
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 21, 2014
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-2778785
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1630 McCarthy Boulevard
Milpitas, California 95035
(Address of principal executive offices)
2010
Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Paul Coghlan
Chief Financial Officer
1630 McCarthy Boulevard
Milpitas, California 95035
(408) 432-1900
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
Herbert P. Fockler, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 493-9300
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.
Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer
◻
Non-accelerated filer
◻
Smaller reporting company
◻
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)(3)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share
(
2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
Amount
of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
, issuable under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
8,557,659
$38.93
$333
,149,664.8
$
38
,711.99
[
41.65
]
per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
[October 8, 2014]
.
(2)
7,192,937
shares of Common Stock transferred to the 2010
Plan
from the Linear Technology Corporation 2001
Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan (the "
2001
Plan")
due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 Plan, plus (ii)
1
,
364
,
722
shares of Common Stock still outstanding under the 2001 Plan that may transfer to the 2010 Plan due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 plan.
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the Linear Technology Corporation
2010
Equity Incentive Plan
(the "2010 Plan")
described herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of
consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposed of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $
38.93
per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
October 16, 2014
.
(4)
Represents (i)
7,192,937
shares of Common Stock transferred to the 2010
Plan
from the Linear Technology Corporation 2001
Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan (the "
2001
Plan")
due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 Plan, plus (ii)
1
,
364
,
722
shares of Common Stock still outstanding under the 2001 Plan that may transfer to the 2010 Plan due to the cancellation, forfeiture, or lapse of option awards granted under the 2001 plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In 2010, Linear Technology Corporation (the "Registrant") adopted the 2010
Equity Incentive
Plan to replace its 2001
Nonstatutory Stock Option
Plan, which was scheduled
to expire in
2011
.
The shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the
2010
Plan
consisted of
9,577,031
shares, plus shares that remained available for future grant under the 2001 Plan at the time the 2010 Plan was approved by the Registrant's stockholders.  The issuance of all such shares
under the
2010
Plan
was registered on
a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on
February 11, 2011
.
The shares reserved for issuance under the
2010
Plan also include (i) all shares subject to options outstanding under the 2001 Plan at the time the 2010 Plan was approved that subsequently expired or otherwise terminated without being exercised in full, and (ii) all shares issued under the 2001 Plan subject to vesting restrictions that were subsequently forfeited or otherwise reacquired by the Registrant
, including withholding to satisfy tax withholding obligations
.  Such shares are added to the shares reserved for issuance under the 2010 Plan, and become available for grant thereunder, as they are reacquired or
the related option terminates.
This Registration Statement covers the future issuance under the 2010 Plan of all such additional shares that
rolled over into the 2010 Plan from the 2001 Plan since its adoption
, as well as all such additional shares remaining in the 2001 Plan that may become available for grant under the 2010 Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents and information previously filed with the Commission
by (the Registrant
) are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
·
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
June 29, 2014
filed with the Commission on August 20, 2014, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
;
·
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 26, 2014 pursuant to Section 13 o
r 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
·
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 17, 2014 pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
·
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered hereby is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August
5
, 1986 pursuant to Section 1
2
(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  Article IX of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law.  In addition, the Registrant has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its directors and executive officers, whereby the Registrant indemnifies these persons to the maximum extent authorized by Section 145 of the DGCL for certain events or occurrences while the director or executive officer is or was serving at the Registrant's request in such capacity.  Under these indemnification agreements, the Registrant also agrees to indemnify its directors and executive officers against expenses including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlements actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding (including an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of their status as such. The Registrant maintains insurance covering its directors and officers against certain liabilities incurred by them in their capacities as such, including among other things, certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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ITEM 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1*
2010
Equity Incentive Plan
and forms of agreement thereunder
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accountants
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1 above)
24.1
Power of Attorney
(included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
*
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on September 15, 2010
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
S
ection 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 fort
h 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;
p
rovided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
f
iled 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.
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(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
S
ection 13(a) or
S
ection 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
S
ection 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the R
egistrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the R
egistrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Milpitas, California, on October
21
, 2014.
Linear Technology Corporation
By:
/s/ Paul Coghlan
Paul Coghlan
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Lothar Maier and Paul Coghlan 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 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Lothar Maier
___________________
Lothar Maier
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
October 21, 2014
/s/
Paul Coghlan
___________________
Paul Coghlan
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
October 21, 2014
_
/s/
Robert H. Swanson Jr.
___________
Robert H. Swanson, Jr.
Executive Chairman of the Board
October 21, 2014
_
/s/
Arthur Agnos
________
__________
Arthur Agnos
Director
October 21, 2014
__
/s/
John Gordon
______________
____
John Gordon
Director
October 21, 2014
__
/s/
David S. Lee
__________________
David S. Lee
Director
October 21, 2014
__/s/ Richard M. Moley
______________
Richard M. Moley
Director
October 21, 2014
_/s/ Thomas S. Volpe
________________
Thomas S. Volpe
Director
October 21, 2014
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1*
2010
Equity Incentive Plan
and forms of agreement thereunder
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accountants
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1 above)
24.1
Power of Attorney
(included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
*
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on September 15, 2010
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EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION OF
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA  94304
Phone (650) 493-9300
October 21, 2014
Linear Technology Corporation
1630 McCarthy Boulevard
Milpitas
, CA  9
5035
Re:
Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Re
gistration
Statement on Form S-8
to be filed by
Linear Technology Corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 21, 2014 (the "Registration Statement")
in connection with the registration under the Securitie
s
Act of 1933, as amended, of
7,192,937
shares of your Common Stock
(the "Shares")
reserved for issuance under the
2010
Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan")
.  As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Shares to be issued under
the Plan.
It is our opinion that, when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Plan and the agreements
that
accompany the Plan, the
S
hares
will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan of Linear Technology Corporation of our reports dated August 20, 2014, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Linear Technology Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Linear Technology Corporation, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
October 21, 2014