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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
AMENDMENT NO. 3
Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 6, 1998
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LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED
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(exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
California 0-22068 33-0128224
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(State or other (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of Inc.) Identification No.)
9750 Goethe Road, Sacramento,CA 95827
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (916) 855-5000
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On October 7, 1998, the Registrant filed Amendment No. 2 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 1998 (the "Report")
to report certain financial information (the "Financial Information") in
connection with the Registrant's acquisition of Acclaim Communications,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Acclaim"). The purpose of this Amendment
No. 3 is to update the Report of Independent Public Accountants to
eliminate the reference to other auditors.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Level One Communications, Incorporated:
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Level One Communications,
Incorporated (a California corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 28, 1997
and December 29, 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the
period ended December 28, 1997 and have issued our unqualified report thereon
dated March 13, 1998. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financials statements based on our audits.
We have also made similar audits of the accompanying supplemental consolidated
balance sheets of Level One Communications, Incorporated and subsidiaries as of
December 28, 1997 and December 29, 1996, and the related supplemental
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 28, 1997. The
supplemental consolidated statements give retroactive effect to the merger with
Acclaim Communications, Incorporated on July 6, 1998, which has been accounted
for as a pooling of interests as described in Note 1. These supplemental
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these supplemental financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the supplemental consolidated financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Level One Communications, Incorporated and its subsidiaries as of December 28,
1997 and December 29, 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 28,
1997, after giving retroactive effect to the merger with Acclaim
Communications, Incorporated as described in Note 1, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Sacramento, California
December 9, 1998
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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.
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED
Date: December 16, 1998 /s/ JOHN KEHOE
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John Kehoe
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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