UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

KLA-Tencor Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

000-09992

Delaware		04-2564110
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

160 Rio Robles
San Jose, California
95134
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(408) 875-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

As previously disclosed in the preliminary merger proxy filed by KLA-Tencor Corporation and ADE Corporation, both KLA-Tencor and ADE filed Notification and Report Forms with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, or the Antitrust Division, pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, or the HSR Act, by March 8, 2006. As a result, the waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the merger between KLA-Tencor and ADE was scheduled to expire on April 7, 2006. Following discussion with the Antitrust Division staff, however, KLA-Tencor voluntarily withdrew its Notification and Report Form and then re-filed the form on April 11, 2006. The effect of this re-filing was to extend the waiting period under the HSR Act to May 11, 2006. Today, the Antitrust Division staff informed KLA-Tencor that Antitrust Division would not issue a second request extending the HSR Act waiting period and granted early termination of the HSR waiting period effective today.

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.