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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000804328-26-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCOM"
cik: "0000804328"
company_name: "QUALCOMM INC/DE"
filed_at: "2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:00:49.748726+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Christopher D. Young to step down from Qualcomm board at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Christopher D. Young informed the board on January 13, 2026, of his resignation effective at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Departure is due to time commitments from his new role as CEO and board member of Vertex, Inc.
- No successor or change in board size announced; board will decrease by one following the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000804328-26-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCOM
- cik: 0000804328
- company_name: QUALCOMM INC/DE
- filed_at: 2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432826000008/0000804328-26-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432826000008/qcom-20260113.htm

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