---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000817720-26-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYNA"
cik: "0000817720"
company_name: "SYNAPTICS Inc"
filed_at: "2026-08-21T11:01:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T11:08:09.293084+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Synaptics CFO Ken Rizvi resigns; CEO Patel to serve as principal financial officer amid onsemi merger

## Summary
- CFO Ken Rizvi resigned effective Aug 20, 2026; will stay in advisory role through Sept 30, 2026.
- No successor search due to pending merger with ON Semiconductor (onsemi) announced June 25, 2026.
- CEO Rahul Patel assumes principal financial officer duties; no extra compensation.
- Former CAO Kermit Nolan returns as consultant to assist finance transition.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with company operations, accounting, or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000817720-26-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYNA
- cik: 0000817720
- company_name: SYNAPTICS Inc
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T11:01:31+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000081772026000061/0000817720-26-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000081772026000061/syna-20260820.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000817720-26-000061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000817720-26-000061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000817720-26-000061.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rahul Patel was appointed as principal financial officer at SYNAPTICS Inc.
  - Action: serves as
  - Role: principal financial officer
  source text: Instead, effective upon Mr. Rizvi’s resignation as Chief Financial Officer, Rahul Patel, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, serves as the Company’s principal financial officer through the closing of the Merger.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000081772026000061/0000817720-26-000061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ken Rizvi resigned as Chief Financial Officer at SYNAPTICS Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 20, 2026, Ken Rizvi resigned from his position as the Chief Financial Officer of Synaptics Incorporated (the “Company”), effective immediately, to pursue a new opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000081772026000061/0000817720-26-000061-index.htm

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