Semtech Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 2, 2026
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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.
Amendment to the Executive Severance Plan
Semtech Corporation (“Semtech” or the “Company”) maintains the Semtech Corporation Executive Severance Plan, formerly the Semtech Corporation Executive Change in Control Retention Plan (the “Executive Severance Plan”). On June 2, 2026, the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Executive Severance Plan (the “Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan”) to provide for severance benefits if a participant’s employment with the Company terminates in certain circumstances not in connection with a Change in Control (with the existing Executive Severance Plan provisions providing severance benefits for certain terminations of employment in connection with a Change in Control continuing in effect).
If an Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan participant’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for “Cause” or the participant resigns for “Good Reason”, in either case outside a “Change in Control Window” (as each such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan) and other than due to the participant’s death or disability, the participant will be entitled to receive the following benefits:
•A severance benefit equal to (A) one times the sum of the participant’s annual base salary rate (at the highest annual rate during the six-month period prior to the date of the participant’s qualifying termination) and (B) a pro-rata target bonus (based on the portion of the year the participant was employed by the Company) for the fiscal year in which the participant’s employment with the Company terminates;
•Payment or reimbursement of the participant’s premiums to continue healthcare coverage under COBRA for up to 12 months; and
•Accelerated vesting of any unvested account balance under the Company’s Nonqualified Excess Plan.
An Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan participant’s right to receive the severance benefits described above is contingent on the participant providing a general release of claims in favor of the Company and the participant complying with certain restrictive covenants in favor of the Company.
The foregoing summary of the Executive Severance Plan amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment to the 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
As disclosed in Item 5.07 below, at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company, the stockholders of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Board of the Company, approved an amendment and restatement (the “Plan Amendment”) of the Semtech Corporation 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”, and the 2017 Plan as amended and restated by the Plan Amendment, the “Amended and Restated 2017 Plan”). The Plan Amendment increased the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for award grants under the 2017 Plan by 4,300,000 shares and became effective upon such stockholder approval.
The foregoing summary of the 2017 Plan Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended and Restated 2017 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to Vote of Stockholders.
At the Annual Meeting, which was held on June 4, 2026, stockholders (a) elected the nine nominees identified in the table below to the Board to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal; (b) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2027; (c) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers; and (d) approved the Amended and Restated 2017 Plan. Set forth below are the final voting tallies for the Annual Meeting.
The total number of shares present in person or by proxy was 85,271,516 shares or 91.57% of the total shares issued and outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, thereby constituting a quorum for the purpose of the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes were counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum was present.
The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to each of the proposals:
Proposal Number 1
Election of Directors
Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
Martin S.J. Burvill | 80,447,436 | 741,453 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Rodolpho C. Cardenuto | 80,777,381 | 411,508 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Gregory M. Fischer | 80,824,293 | 364,596 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Saar Gillai | 80,659,648 | 529,241 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Hong Q. Hou | 80,945,844 | 243,045 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Ye Jane Li | 80,237,575 | 951,314 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Paula LuPriore | 80,853,787 | 335,102 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Julie G. Ruehl | 80,931,696 | 257,193 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Paul V. Walsh, Jr. | 80,813,594 | 375,295 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal Number 2
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 84,825,309 | 346,449 | 99,758 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal Number 3
Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 79,073,683 | 1,919,240 | 195,966 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal Number 4
Amendment and Restatement of the Semtech Corporation 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 79,476,950 | 1,603,864 | 108,075 | 4,082,627 | |||||||||||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL Document) | |||||||
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.
| SEMTECH CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | June 8, 2026 | /s/ Mark Lin | ||||||||||||
| Name: | Mark Lin | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||