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): February 6, 2009
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Tegal
Corporation
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or
other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
000-26824
(Commission
File
Number)
68-0370244
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
2201
South McDowell Boulevard
Petaluma,
CA 94954
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(707)
763-5600
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
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On February 6, 2009, the Board of
Directors (the “Board”)
of Tegal Corporation accepted the resignation of H. Duane Wadsworth as a member
of the Board effective as of February 15, 2009.
The Board has appointed current
director Carl Muscari to fill the following vacancies created by Mr. Wadsworth’s
resignation: (1) Lead Independent Director of the Board, (2) member
of the Audit Committee of the Board, and (3) Chair of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: February
11, 2009
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TEGAL
CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Christine
T. Hergenrother
Vice
President and Chief Financial
Officer
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