X0202 4 2008-05-21 0000913885 TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR INC TQNT 0001221182 KAUSER NICOLAS 2300 NE BROOKWOOD PKWY HILLSBORO OR 97124 1 0 0 0 NonQualified Stock Option (right to buy) 6.52 2008-05-21 4 M 0 17500 0 A 2008-11-21 2013-05-21 Common Stock 17500 17500 D The Company's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Program approved by shareholders May 14, 2007, provides for an automatic, nondiscretionary grant of an option to purchase 17,500 shares to each outside director on the date of the Company's annual meeting. Option vests as to 25% of the shares subject to the option six months after date of grant and as to an additional 12.5% of the shares subject to the option each calendar quarter thereafter, so that 100% of the shares subject to the option shall be exercisable two years after its date of grant NICOLAS KAUSER 2008-05-21