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 16,
2007
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SILICON
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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California
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000-26944
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77-0225590
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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1171
Sonora Court
Sunnyvale,
California
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94086
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (408)
735-9110
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Not
Applicable
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(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 Principal Officers.
On
October 16, 2007, Edward Yao-Wu Yang was appointed to the Board of
Directors of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. Mr. Yang becomes the seventh
member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Yang has held various senior positions
within the Hewlett-Packard Company including from 1998 to 2005 as the Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer of the Personal Systems Group, and from
1995-1998 as the Group Research and Development Manager of the Personal Systems
Group.
The
information in this Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit hereto, shall
not
be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section
or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be
incorporated by reference into any filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission made by Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., whether made before or
after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in
such
filing.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
99.1 Press
Release, dated October 18, 2007, entitled “SST Appoints Edward Y.W. Yang to Its
Board of Directors.”
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, thereunto
duly authorized.
Dated October
18, 2007
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SILICON
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Bing
Yeh
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Bing
Yeh
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Chief
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release, dated October 18, 2007, entitled “SST Appoints Edward Y.W. Yang
to Its Board of Directors.”
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