UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

December 23, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

DIODES INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		002-25577		95-2039518
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

15660 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 850
Dallas, Texas		75248
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(972) 385-2810
(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 December 23, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) approved the distribution of a cash bonus from the executive bonus pool to certain executive officers of Diodes Incorporated (the “Company”) for their services rendered in 2009. For fiscal 2009, the aggregate amount of the executive bonus pool depends upon, among other factors, the amount by which (i) the Company’s revenue growth exceeded that of the Company’s serviceable area market (“SAM”) (with the market for discrete products weighted 80% and the market for analog products weighted 20%) and (ii) the Company’s net income exceeded that of the prior year indexed to the industry revenue growth.

     The Committee allocated the executive bonus pool among certain executive officers based on the workload and areas of responsibilities of each executive officer during 2009 and the Committee’s assessment of the contribution made by each executive officer to the achievement of the Company’s performance. For fiscal 2009, the executive bonus pool was $3,012,575, of which the Committee awarded $2,482,000, payable on or before December 31, 2009. The Committee has awarded the cash bonuses to the following named executive officers for services rendered in fiscal 2009:

Name		Position				Amount
Keh-Shew Lu		President and Chief Executive Officer				$	780,000
Joseph Liu		Senior Vice President — Operations					286,000
Mark A. King		Senior Vice President — Sales and Marketing					286,000
Richard D. White		Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer					300,000
Carl C. Wertz		Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations					100,000

     The Company may pay the balance of the executive bonus pool during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2010 to such officers conditioned upon a positive net profit for the fiscal year 2009 and after adjustment to reflect (i) the actual performance of the Company as reported on its audited financial statements for the fiscal year 2009 and (ii) the actual performance of the Company’s SAM (excluding Japan) for 2009 compared to 2008 as determined by WSTS, all subject to further adjustment(s) in the discretion of the Committee.

Item 7.01.		Regulation FD Disclosure.

     Between December 16 and December 23, 2009, the Company repurchased $4.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) for approximately $3.9 million in cash. In addition, the Company paid $18,969 in cash, representing all accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes. The Notes are redeemable by holders in October 2011, and outstanding Notes total $135.1 million after recent repurchases.

     The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

     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.