---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000867773-23-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000867773"
company_name: "SUNPOWER CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:55:39.749673+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SunPower appoints Elizabeth Eby as CFO effective May 30, 2023

## Summary
- Eby brings 30+ years experience, most recently as CFO of NeoPhotonics, previously 25 years at Intel.
- She will oversee finance and strategic growth at SunPower amid solar industry expansion.
- At May 11 annual meeting, stockholders re-elected directors Faricy, Anschuetz, McDaniel.
- Advisory vote approved executive compensation; say-on-frequency set to every one year.
- Stockholders ratified Ernst & Young as independent auditor for fiscal 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000867773-23-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000867773
- company_name: SUNPOWER CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/0000867773-23-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/spwr-20230511.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000867773-23-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Eby was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SUNPOWER CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 15, 2023, SunPower Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Elizabeth Eby will join the Company as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of May 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/0000867773-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SUNPOWER CORP shareholders approved The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 4. Proposal Four - The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023: Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 144,246,157 612,683 324,390 ----
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/0000867773-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SUNPOWER CORP shareholders approved The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 2. Proposal Two - The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 123,110,738 3,028,483 443,072 18,600,937
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/0000867773-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SUNPOWER CORP shareholders approved The approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 3. Proposal Three - The approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Number of Votes One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 125,723,697 118,565 558,852 181,179 18,600,937
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/0000867773-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SUNPOWER CORP shareholders approved The re-election of each of the nominated Class III directors at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 1. Proposal One - The re-election of each of the nominated Class III directors: Number of Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Peter Faricy 115,585,027 10,997,266 18,600,937 Nathaniel Anschuetz 106,744,950 19,837,343 18,600,937 Thomas McDaniel 100,727,278 25,855,015 18,600,937
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/867773/000086777323000056/0000867773-23-000056-index.htm

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