{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000088941-25-000028","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SMTC","cik":"0000088941","company_name":"SEMTECH CORP","filed_at":"2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:06.698199+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-26T06:39:51.225197+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"Semtech SVP Global Sales Mark Russell to depart March 6; severance of $175,000","bullets":["Mark P. Russell, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, will leave Semtech on March 6, 2025.","Separation agreement provides a lump sum cash severance payment of $175,000.","Company will also reimburse COBRA premiums for up to 12 months and pay a FY2025 cash bonus subject to release of claims.","No successor has been named; search for replacement is expected."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-25-000028","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-25-000028.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-25-000028.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088941-25-000028.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894125000028/0000088941-25-000028-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894125000028/smtc-20250220.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-26T06:39:51.225197+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"873be5e5ca","claim":"Mark P. Russell departed as Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at SEMTECH CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"On February 20, 2025, Semtech Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Semtech” or the “Company”), entered into a Separation and General Release Agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) with Mark P. Russell, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing. The Separation Agreement provides that Mr. Russell’s last day of employment with the Company will be March 6, 2025 (the “Separation Date”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894125000028/0000088941-25-000028-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"departure"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}