Page 1 of 1 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): August 16, 2002 NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 1-6453 95-2095071 -------- ------ ---------- (State of Incorporation) (Commission (I.R.S. Employer File Number) Identification Number) 2900 SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVE, P.O. BOX 58090 SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95052-8090 ---------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (408) 721-5000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) National Semiconductor Corporation Index Page ---- Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits 3 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure 3 Signature 4 ITEM 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (c) Exhibits Designation Of Exhibit Description of Exhibit ---------- ---------------------- 99 Statements under oath of the company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer. ITEM 9. Regulation FD Disclosure Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 No. 4-460, we hereby file as part of this report under exhibit 99, the required statements under oath of the company's principal executive officer, Brian L. Halla, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and the principal financial officer, Lewis Chew, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. SIGNATURES 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. NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION Dated: August 16, 2002 /S/ ROBERT E. DEBARR Robert E. DeBarr Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) Exhibit 99 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Brian L. Halla, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of National Semiconductor Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o the Annual Report on Form 10-K of National Semiconductor Corporation for the fiscal year ended May 26, 2002 filed with the Commission; o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of National Semiconductor Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o any amendments to any of the foregoing. Date: August 16, 2002 /S/ BRIAN L. HALLA Brian L. Halla State of California ) ) ss. County of Santa Clara ) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of August 2002. /S/ KAREN L. METZ KAREN L. METZ Commission # 1223997 Notary Public - California Santa Clara County My Comm. Expires Jun 11, 2003 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Lewis Chew, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of National Semiconductor Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o the Annual Report on Form 10-K of National Semiconductor Corporation for the fiscal year ended May 26, 2002 filed with the Commission; o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of National Semiconductor Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o any amendments to any of the foregoing. Date: August 16, 2002 /S/ LEWIS CHEW Lewis Chew State of California ) ) ss. County of Santa Clara ) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of August 2002. /S/ KAREN L. METZ KAREN L. METZ Commission # 1223997 Notary Public - California Santa Clara County My Comm. Expires Jun 11, 2003