---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000088941-24-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTC"
cik: "0000088941"
company_name: "SEMTECH CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:45:13.633146+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Two directors depart Semtech board; shareholders approve 2.64M share increase under equity plan

## Summary
- Paul H. Pickle and Sylvia Summers Couder left board after June 10 annual meeting; Couder withdrew candidacy earlier.
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2017 equity plan adding 2,640,000 shares for future awards.
- Executive Change in Control Retention Plan extended through June 11, 2029.
- All ten director nominees elected; Deloitte ratified as auditor; say-on-pay and plan amendment approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000088941-24-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTC
- cik: 0000088941
- company_name: SEMTECH CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894124000083/0000088941-24-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894124000083/smtc-20240608.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-24-000083
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-24-000083.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-24-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul H. Pickle departed as Director at SEMTECH CORP.
  - Action: no longer serve
  - Role: Director
  source text: Paul H. Pickle and Sylvia Summers Couder no longer serve as directors on the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894124000083/0000088941-24-000083-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sylvia Summers Couder departed as Director at SEMTECH CORP.
  - Action: no longer serve
  - Role: Director
  source text: Paul H. Pickle and Sylvia Summers Couder no longer serve as directors on the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894124000083/0000088941-24-000083-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.