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ticker: "LRCX"
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company_name: "LAM RESEARCH CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
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# Lam Research appoints Cadence CEO Devgan to board, names Varadarajan COO

## Summary
- Appoints Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan to board; he brings EDA, AI expertise.
- COO Pat Lord retiring after >20 years; effective March 6, 2026.
- Sesha Varadarajan promoted to EVP and COO, effective March 6, 2026.
- Karthik Rammohan takes expanded SVP role for global operations and enterprise solutions.
- Changes aim to increase operational velocity for AI era, says CEO Tim Archer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000707549-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: LRCX
- cik: 0000707549
- company_name: LAM RESEARCH CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/707549/000070754926000014/0000707549-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/707549/000070754926000014/lrcx-20260130.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000707549-26-000014.txt

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