UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14A-101)

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

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LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

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February 9, 2017

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

We previously sent you proxy material for the Special Meeting of Stockholders of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, to be held on February 28, 2017. Your Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders approve the proposed transaction with Canyon Bridge Acquisition Company, Inc., and vote FOR all of the proposals listed on your proxy card.

Your vote is important, no matter how many or how few shares you may own. Please vote TODAY by accessing the Internet, by telephone or by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided.

Very truly yours,

 

Darin G. Billerbeck

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Additional Information and Where You Can Find It

In connection with the proposed merger, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) has filed a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Additionally, the Company may file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger. The proxy statement has been sent to the stockholders of the Company and contains important information about the proposed merger and related matters. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED MERGER BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER AND THE PARTIES TO THE MERGER. The materials filed by the Company with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov or upon request from the Company’s Investor Relations Department at lscc@globalirpartners.com.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company and its directors will, and certain other members of its management and its employees as well as Canyon Bridge Acquisition Company, Inc. and Canyon Bridge Merger Sub, Inc. and their directors and officers may, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of Company stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of the Company’s executive officers and directors in the solicitation by reading the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016, the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and the proxy statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the merger. Additional information concerning the interests of the Company’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of the Company’s stockholders generally, is set forth in the proxy statement.