UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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 3, 2006
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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000-09992
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04-2564110 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
160 Rio Robles
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 875-3000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On August 3, 2006, the Board of Directors of KLA-Tencor Corporation (the “Company”) adopted a
majority stockholder vote standard for uncontested director elections. Under this new majority
vote standard, which replaces plurality voting for uncontested director elections, a nominee must
receive favorable votes from holders of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote in order to be elected to the Board of Directors. In contested elections where
the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the vote standard will
continue to be a plurality of votes cast.
In addition, if an incumbent director nominee is not elected, the director shall tender his or her
resignation to the Board of Directors immediately upon certification of the election results. The
Nominating and Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or
reject the resignation. The Board will act on the Committee’s recommendation within 180 days from
the date of the certification of the election results and will publicly disclose its decision. The
director who tenders his or her resignation will not participate in the Board’s decision.
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