- Current report filing (8-K)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 1, 2012

 

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Tegal Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

000-26824

(Commission

File Number)

68-0370244

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

140 2 nd Street, Suite 318

Petaluma, CA 94952

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On August 1, 2012, the Board of Directors of Tegal Corporation (the “Company”) granted each of the Company’s non-employee directors an option to purchase 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with a per share exercise price of $3.4699 (which was the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on August 1, 2012, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market).  The non-employee directors of the Company are Gilbert Belini, Jeffrey M. Krauss and Carl Muscari.  The options are fully vested and were granted under the Tegal Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan.

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Reference is made to Item 1.01 above regarding the stock option grants to the following non-employee directors of the Company: Gilbert Belini, Jeffrey M. Krauss and Carl Muscari.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  August 6, 2012	TEGAL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/  Christine Hergenrother
	Name:	Christine Hergenrother
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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