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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000351998-12-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110110
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120111
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120111

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DATA I/O CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000351998
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825]
		IRS NUMBER:				910864123
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1211

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-10394
		FILM NUMBER:		12521926

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6464 185TH AVE NE, SUITE 101
		CITY:			REDMOND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98052
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4258676922

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6464 185TH AVE NE, SUITE 101
		CITY:			REDMOND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98052
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><B><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.</FONT></B></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">A press release announced that on January 9, 2012, Dr. Paul Gary has decided to retire from the Data I/O Board of Directors and not stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May 2012.&nbsp; His decision was not the result of any disagreement with Data I/O or its management.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Dr. Gary (71) joined the Data I/O Board in 1998, and has served as Chairman of the Board for 12 years.&nbsp;He&nbsp;is also currently a&nbsp;member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Dr.&nbsp;Gary&nbsp;will serve as a Director of Data I/O until his term expires in May.&nbsp; However, effective April 1, 2012, Douglas Brown&nbsp;has been elected to&nbsp;succeed him as Chairman of the Board. &nbsp;Mr. Brown has served as a Director at Data I/O since April 1, 2011, and is currently Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Brown is President and Chief Executive Officer of All Star Directories, Inc. in Seattle, Washington, a Web-based publisher of post-secondary online and career school directories.&nbsp; A copy of the release is being furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 in this current report.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">A typographical error was made in the Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2011 with the Board compensation changes listed as being for 2013 and should have stated 2012.&nbsp; The paragraph should read: </FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">The Board of Directors of Data I/O Corporation in their regular meeting on October 19, 2011 approved changes to compensation arrangements affecting Directors.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board approved changing structure of its director fee payments for 2012 by combining the existing standard scheduled meeting fees (at $1500 each) and scheduled telephonic meeting fees (at $500 each) with the existing retainer fee (at $24,000 per year) into the new 2012 Director Retainer Fee of $31,000.&nbsp;&nbsp;The change was made to facilitate increased communications at no fee increase to the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;Committee Chair and Board Chair fees remain the same.</FONT></P>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="times new roman">By:&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="times new roman">/s/ Joel S. Hatlen</FONT></U><U><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></U></P>

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<H2 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" face="Times New Roman">DATA I/O ANNOUNCES THE RETIREMENT OF DR. PAUL GARY </FONT></B></H2>

<H2 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><I><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman"><BR>Douglas Brown elected to be new Chairman of the Board</FONT></I></B></H2>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Redmond, WA, January 10, 2011 </FONT></B><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">&#8211; Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading provider of manual and automated device programming systems, announced today that Dr. Paul Gary has decided to retire from the Data I/O Board of Directors and not stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May 2012.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Dr. Gary (71) joined the Data I/O Board in 1998, and has served as Chairman of the Board for 12 years.&nbsp;He&nbsp;is also currently a&nbsp;member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Dr.&nbsp;Gary&nbsp;will serve as a Director of Data I/O until his term expires in May.&nbsp; However, effective April 1, 2012, Douglas Brown&nbsp;has been elected to&nbsp;succeed him as Chairman of the Board. &nbsp;Mr. Brown has served as a Director at Data I/O since April 1, 2011, and is currently Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Brown is President and Chief Executive Officer of All Star Directories, Inc. in Seattle, Washington, a Web-based publisher of post-secondary online and career school directories.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">About Data I/O Corporation</FONT></B></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">With almost 40 years of expertise in delivering intellectual property to programmable devices, Data&nbsp;I/O offers complete, integrated manufacturing solutions in wireless, automotive, programming center, semiconductor, and industrial control market segments for OEM, ODM, EMS and semiconductor companies. Data&nbsp;I/O is the leader in programming and provides hardware and software solutions for turn-key programming and device testing services, as well as in-system (on-board), in-line (right before use at the SMT line), or in-socket (off-line) programming. These solutions are scalable for small, medium and large volume applications with different device mixes.&nbsp;&nbsp;Data I/O Corporation has headquarters in Redmond, Wash., with sales and services worldwide. For further information, visit the company&#8217;s website at http://www.dataio.com.</FONT></P>

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