


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE TO/A

            Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 2)

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                                ACTEL CORPORATION
         (Name of Subject Company (issuer) and Filing Person (offeror))

                     ______________________________________

                OPTIONS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                     ______________________________________

                                   004934 10 5
            (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities Underlying Options)

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                               DAVID L. VAN DE HEY
                 VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                                ACTEL CORPORATION
                             955 EAST ARQUES AVENUE
                           SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 94086
                                 (408) 739-1010
  (Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices
                and communications on behalf of filing persons)

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                                   COPIES TO:
                              HENRY P. MASSEY, JR.
                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI,
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                        PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300

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                            Calculation of Filing Fee

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Transaction valuation*                                    Amount of filing fee**
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    $84,288,200.00                                              $16,857.64

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    *    Calculated  solely for  purposes of  determining  the filing fee.  This
         amount  assumes  that  options to purchase  5,523,898  shares of common
         stock of Actel Corporation  having an aggregate value of $84,288,200.00
         as of May 31, 2001, will be exchanged and/or cancelled pursuant to this
         offer.  The aggregate value of such options was calculated based on the
         Black-Scholes  option  pricing  model.  The amount of the  filing  fee,
         calculated in accordance  with Rule 0-11(b) of the Securities  Exchange
         Act of 1934, as amended,  equals 1/50th of one percent of the estimated
         transaction value.


   **    Amount previous paid.


[ ]      Check  the box if any part of the fee is  offset  as  provided  by Rule
0-11(a)(2)  and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously
paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form
or Schedule and the date of its filing.


         Amount Previously Paid:    Not Applicable
         Form or Registration No.:  Not Applicable
         Filing Party:              Not Applicable
         Date Filed:                Not Applicable

[ ]      Check  the  box  if  the   filing   relates   solely   to   preliminary
         communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the  appropriate  boxes below to designate any  transactions  to which the
statement relates:

         [ ]      third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

         [x]      issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

         [ ]      going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

         [ ]      amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]


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         This Amendment No. 2 amends and  supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC") on
June 1, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on June 20, 2001,
relating  to the offer by Actel  Corporation  to  exchange  options to  purchase
shares of its common stock, par value $.001 per share, held by certain employees
for new options to purchase  shares of its common stock at a per share  exercise
price  equal to the fair  market  value of one share of its common  stock on the
date of grant  upon the  terms and  subject  to the  conditions  in the Offer to
Exchange  dated June 1, 2000, as amended by the  Supplement to Offer to Exchange
all Outstanding Options for New Options dated June 20, 2001.

Item 12.      EXHIBITS.

         Item 12 is hereby amended and restated as follows:

         (a)      (1)      Offer to Exchange all Outstanding Options for New
                           Options dated June 1, 2001.*

                  (2)      Election Form.*

                  (3)      Memorandum from Barbara McArthur to U.S. Actel
                           Employees dated June 1, 2001.*

                  (4)      Notice to Change Election from Accept to Reject.*

(5)      Form of Promise to Grant Stock Option(s).*

(6)      Supplement to Offer to Exchange all Outstanding Options for New Options
         dated June 20, 2001.*

                  (7)      Email from Barbara McArthur to Actel U.S. Employees
                           dated June 25, 2001.

         (b)      Not applicable.

         (d)      (1)      Actel Corporation 1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan.*

                  (2)      Actel Corporation 1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan
                           Prospectus.*

                  (3)      Actel Corporation 1995 Employee and Consultant Stock
                           Plan.*

(4)      Actel Corporation 1995 Employee and Consultant Stock Plan Prospectus.*

(5)      Form of Actel Corporation Stock Option Agreement.*

         (g)      Not applicable.

         (h)      Not applicable.

*        Previously filed


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                                    SIGNATURE

         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the  information  set forth in this  Amendment  No. 2 to the Schedule TO is
true, complete, and correct.




                                                 ACTEL CORPORATION




Date: June 26, 2001                         /s/ DAVID L. VAN DE HEY
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                                                David L. Van De Hey
                                  Vice President & General Counsel and Secretary


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