UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
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PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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Date
of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 21,
2009
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(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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1-7201
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33-0379007
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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801
17th Avenue South
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Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina
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29577
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(843)
448-9411
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(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.
On
October 21, 2009, Mr. Yuzo Yamamura retired as a Director on the Board of
Directors of AVX Corporation (the “Company”). Mr. Yamamura was a Class III
Director whose term was set to expire at the Company’s fiscal 2011 Annual
Meeting in July 2011. Mr. Yamamura had been a member of the Board of
Directors since 1995. He was also Vice Chairman of the Board and Representative
Director of Kyocera Corporation (“Kyocera”) since 2006. He was Director of
Kyocera since 2003 and Advisor and Director of Kyocera Elco Corporation, a
subsidiary of Kyocera, since April 2009. He was President and Representative
Director of Kyocera Elco Corporation from 1992 to April 2009.
On
October 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Tatsumi
Maeda to the Board to serve in place of Mr. Yuzo Yamamura until the next Annual
Meeting in July 2010. Mr. Tatsumi Maeda has held the position of Representative
Director & Executive Vice President General Manager Corporate Solar Energy
Group and Corporate Electronic Components Group of Kyocera since April
2009. Mr. Tatsumi Maeda has also held various other Kyocera
management positions since he joined Kyocera in March 1975.
Kyocera
is the majority stockholder of AVX. See Note 14 to the Company’s
consolidated financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended March 31, 2009 and “Relationship with Kyocera and Related Transactions” in
the Company’s proxy statement for its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders for
information required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K concerning the
Company’s relationship with Kyocera. Such information is incorporated
herein by reference.
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 hereunto
duly authorized.
Date: October
21, 2009
AVX
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Kurt P. Cummings
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Name:
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Kurt
P. Cummings
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Title:
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Vice
President,
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Chief
Financial Officer,
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Treasurer
and Secretary
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