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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Current Report Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): March&nbsp;9, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>0-12933</B><BR>
<I>(Commission File Number)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-2634797</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>4650 Cushing Parkway<BR>
Fremont, California 94538</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)</I></DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(510)&nbsp;572-0200</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(e)&nbsp;Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Adoption of Annual Incentive Program Performance Goals for Calendar Year 2009</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Compensation Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
&#147;Board&#148;) established performance objectives for its calendar year 2009 annual incentive program
(the &#147;2009 AIP&#148;), a program under the Company&#146;s 2004 Executive Incentive Plan and the Company&#146;s
2007 Stock Incentive Plan, for Martin B. Anstice, Richard A. Gottscho, Abdi Hariri, and Ernest E.
Maddock. A similar recommendation by the Committee with respect to Stephen G. Newberry was also
approved by the independent members of the Board.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2009 AIP provides for the payment of performance-based compensation based on cash target
amounts, which are established as a percentage of base salary. These cash target amounts will be
paid out based on the achievement of specified performance factors, including metrics related
to ongoing operational cash flow and to specific business unit performance. Each named executive
officer (&#147;NEO&#148;) other than Mr.&nbsp;Newberry and Mr.&nbsp;Anstice has additional performance factors
specifically relating to performance of his business unit or other organization. For Messrs.
Newberry and Anstice, the weighting of the performance factors is: ongoing operational cash flow
factor, 50%, and business unit performance factors, collectively 50%. Performance factors for the
other NEOs include the ongoing operational cash flow factor and some or all of the business unit
performance factors assigned to Messrs.&nbsp;Newberry and Anstice, which for those NEOs are collectively
weighted at 50%, as well as organization-specific performance factors, which also are collectively
weighted for those NEOs at 50%.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Awards
under the 2009 AIP will be delivered, at the discretion of the
Committee, in the form of
cash, Company stock, or a combination thereof. The determination of the form of payment will be
made in early 2010. The stock portion, if any, of each award will be determined by dividing the
cash value of such portion of the award by the closing price of the Company&#146;s stock on a date
selected by the Committee when making the determination to pay some or all of any payment in stock.
The maximum amounts payable under the AIP, as a percentage of the participant&#146;s 2009 base salary,
are: Mr.&nbsp;Newberry, 125%; Mr.&nbsp;Anstice, 85%; Mr.&nbsp;Maddock, 80%; Dr.&nbsp;Gottscho, 75%; and Mr.&nbsp;Hariri,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date:
March&nbsp;13, 2009
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ George M. Schisler, Jr.
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">George M. Schisler, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</I>&nbsp;</TD>
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