secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC (AMD)
CIK:        0000002488
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-19T20:16:56+00:00
Accession:  0000002488-26-000163
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AMD appoints Tim Ryan to board; Householder retires after 11+ years
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- Joseph Householder retires from AMD board effective Aug 19, 2026; served since 2014, no disagreement cited.
- Tim Ryan (Citi Head of Tech & Business Enablement, ex-PwC US Chair) appointed independent director effective Aug 19, 2026.
- KC McClure named Audit and Finance Committee chair; Nora Denzel joins committee; McClure also appointed to Nominating & Corporate Governance.
- Ryan has no family ties or 404(a) material interests; standard compensation and indemnity apply.
- Lisa Su cites Ryan's tech/operations/finance expertise as aiding AI and high-performance computing strategy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248826000163/0000002488-26-000163-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248826000163/amd-20260817.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002488-26-000163

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