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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000804328-23-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCOM"
cik: "0000804328"
company_name: "QUALCOMM INC/DE"
filed_at: "2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T05:15:00.532589+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QUALCOMM amends bylaws to align with universal proxy rules and Delaware law

## Summary
- Board approved Amended and Restated Bylaws effective July 18, 2023.
- Updates stockholder nomination disclosures per SEC Rule 14a-19 on universal proxy cards.
- Nominating stockholders must provide representations and documentation regarding solicitation.
- Clarifies stockholder list procedures per recent amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law.
- Includes additional clarifying, conforming, and technical changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000804328-23-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCOM
- cik: 0000804328
- company_name: QUALCOMM INC/DE
- filed_at: 2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432823000033/0000804328-23-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432823000033/qcom-20230718.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000804328-23-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  QUALCOMM INC/DE: Amended and Restated Bylaws updating procedural mechanics for director nominations related to universal proxy rules and clarifying stockholder list procedures (effective 2023-07-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-07-18
  source text: On July 18, 2023, the Board of Directors (the Board) of QUALCOMM Incorporated (the Company) approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the Amended and Restated Bylaws), which became effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432823000033/0000804328-23-000033-index.htm

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