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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Cohu, Inc.</B><BR>
<I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064</B><BR>
<I>(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Cohu, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>John H. Allen</B><BR>
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Cohu, Inc.<BR>
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064<BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I>



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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum offering</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
par value $1.00
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">1,000,000 shares
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15.71</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15,710,000.00</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), also covers additional securities that may be
offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and
calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933.
The maximum offering price per share is based on the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of Cohu, Inc. Common Stock on July&nbsp;19, 2004, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a00431exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cohu, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), containing audited financial statements for the Company&#146;s
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a)&nbsp;above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability
of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of the directors&#146; &#147;duty of care.&#148; While the relevant
statute does not change directors&#146; duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission.
The statute has no effect on directors&#146; duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation
which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of
care. The bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors,
officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company&#146;s state of incorporation,
including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary under Delaware Law. Section&nbsp;145 of the General


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for indemnification in terms
sufficiently broad to
indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a) from the Cohu, Inc.
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 1999.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference from the
Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;S-8 filed June&nbsp;30, 2000, Exhibit&nbsp;4.1(a).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 1996.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated November&nbsp;15, 1996, between Cohu, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 from the Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 1996.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Cohu, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan (as amended) incorporated herein by
reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the Cohu, Inc. Proxy Statement for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion re legality</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


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


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


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

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Poway, State of California, on July&nbsp;20, 2004.

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">James A. Donahue<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Cohu, Inc. whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint James A. Donahue and John H. Allen, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their, her or his substitutes, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Charles A. Schwan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Charles A. Schwan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James A. Donahue<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James A. Donahue</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John H. Allen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
John H. Allen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,<BR>
Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James W. Barnes<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James W. Barnes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Harry L. Casari<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harry L. Casari</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert L. Ciardella<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert L. Ciardella</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Harold Harrigian<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harold Harrigian</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a) from the Cohu, Inc.
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 1999.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference from the
Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;S-8 filed June&nbsp;30, 2000, Exhibit&nbsp;4.1(a).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 1996.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated November&nbsp;15, 1996, between Cohu, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 from the Cohu, Inc. Form&nbsp;8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;12, 1996.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Cohu, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan (as amended) incorporated herein by
reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the Cohu, Inc. Proxy Statement for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion re legality</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
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Cohu, Inc.
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2004
Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Cohu, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-1934119
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Cohu, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John H. Allen
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Cohu, Inc.
12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 92064
(Name and address of agent for service)
(858) 848-8100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
(1)
price per share
(2)
price
(2)
registration fee
(2)
Common Stock,
par value $1.00
1,000,000 shares
$
15.71
$
15,710,000.00
$
1,990.46
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also covers additional securities that may be
offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and
calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933.
The maximum offering price per share is based on the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of Cohu, Inc. Common Stock on July 19, 2004, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Cohu, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
(a) The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), containing audited financial statements for the Company's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability
of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of the directors' "duty of care." While the relevant
statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission.
The statute has no effect on directors' duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.
The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation
which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of
care. The bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors,
officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company's state of incorporation,
including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary under Delaware Law. Section 145 of the General
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Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for indemnification in terms
sufficiently broad to
indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) from the Cohu, Inc.
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999.
4.1(a)
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference from the
Cohu, Inc. Form S-8 filed June 30, 2000, Exhibit 4.1(a).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996.
4.3
Rights Agreement dated November 15, 1996, between Cohu, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 from the Cohu, Inc. Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996.
4.4
Cohu, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan (as amended) incorporated herein by
reference from Appendix D to the Cohu, Inc. Proxy Statement for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 31, 2004.
5.1
Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement.
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(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.
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Poway, State of California, on July 20, 2004.
COHU, INC.
By:
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Cohu, Inc. whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint James A. Donahue and John H. Allen, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their, her or his substitutes, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles A. Schwan
Charles A. Schwan
Chairman of the Board, Director
July 20, 2004
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 20, 2004
/s/ John H. Allen
John H. Allen
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 20, 2004
/s/ James W. Barnes
James W. Barnes
Director
July 20, 2004
/s/ Harry L. Casari
Harry L. Casari
Director
July 20, 2004
/s/ Robert L. Ciardella
Robert L. Ciardella
Director
July 20, 2004
/s/ Harold Harrigian
Harold Harrigian
Director
July 20, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cohu, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) from the Cohu, Inc.
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999.
4.1(a)
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by reference from the
Cohu, Inc. Form S-8 filed June 30, 2000, Exhibit 4.1(a).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cohu, Inc. incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 from the Cohu, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996.
4.3
Rights Agreement dated November 15, 1996, between Cohu, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 from the Cohu, Inc. Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996.
4.4
Cohu, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan (as amended) incorporated herein by
reference from Appendix D to the Cohu, Inc. Proxy Statement for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 31, 2004.
5.1
Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
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