UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):  October 11, 2011

 

NETLIST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

51 Discovery, Suite 150

Irvine, California 92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(949) 435-0025

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02 -  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

 

On October 11, 2011, Netlist, Inc. issued a press release announcing that Claude Leglise has been named to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.  Leglise will serve as an independent director.  With the addition of Leglise, the size of the Board increases to five members. A copy of the press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on For 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirely.

 

The information included  in this Item 5.02 of Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Sectoin 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01-  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)           Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press Release, dated October 11, 2011

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

	NETLIST, INC.
Date: October 11, 2011	By:	/s/ Gail M. Sasaki
		Gail M. Sasaki
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

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