Edgar Filing: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS INC

ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Dated: March 10, 2011

/s/ Lance W. Bridges

Lance W. Bridges, Esq.

Vice President and General Counsel

Form 8-K

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): March 10, 2011 (March 5, 2011)

ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-33844

33-0947630

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6290 Sequence Drive

San Diego, CA 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(858) 768-3600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 5.02

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

(b) Amir Mashkoori has notified the board of directors of Entropic Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election to the board when his term is scheduled to expire at the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In connection therewith, Mr. Mashkoori tendered his irrevocable resignation from the Company’s board of directors and from any and all other positions that he holds on any boards and/or committees of the Company and its subsidiaries, effective as of May 18, 2011.

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 hereto duly authorized.