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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): December 26, 2008
 
 
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Israel   001-33299   98-0233400
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
Hermon Building
Yokneam, Israel 20692

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
+972-4-909-7200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Fiscal 2008 Stock Option Grants
On December 26, 2008, the Board of Directors of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (the “Company”) awarded the following option grants to the following named executive officers of the Company (as identified in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2008) pursuant to the Company’s Global Share Incentive Plan (2006). Each option vests at the rate of 25% of the original number of shares on December 26, 2009, and 1/48th of the original number of shares on each monthly anniversary thereafter while the named executive officer remains an employee of the Company.
                     
Name   Title   Number of Shares   Exercise Price Per Share
Eyal Waldman
  President and Chief Executive Officer     90,000     $ 8.23  
Michael Gray
  Chief Financial Officer     19,808     $ 8.23  
Michael Kagan
  Vice President of Architecture     22,588     $ 8.23  
Marc Sultzbaugh
  Vice President of World Wide Sales     27,800     $ 8.23  

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
             
Date: December 29, 2008   MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.    
 
           
 
  By:
Name:
  /s/ Michael Gray
 
Michael Gray
   
 
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer