---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000889331-24-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LFUS"
cik: "0000889331"
company_name: "LITTELFUSE INC /DE"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:04:26.168373+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Cary Fu retires at mandatory age; board reduces from 10 to 9 directors

## Summary
- Cary Fu retired effective April 25, 2024 upon reaching mandatory retirement age 75, after 11 years on the board.
- Board voted unanimously to reduce board size from ten to nine directors effective immediately.
- Kristina Cerniglia appointed Audit Committee Chairperson; Gregory Henderson appointed to Compensation Committee.
- Annual meeting results: all nine director nominees elected; advisory vote on executive compensation approved; Deloitte ratified as auditors for FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000889331-24-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LFUS
- cik: 0000889331
- company_name: LITTELFUSE INC /DE
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933124000064/0000889331-24-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933124000064/lfus-20240425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000889331-24-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cary Fu retired as Director at LITTELFUSE INC /DE.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Cary Fu has reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, and effective April 25, 2024, following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, he has retired from the Littelfuse, Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933124000064/0000889331-24-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The nine director nominees were elected to serve as directors until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933124000064/0000889331-24-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers The stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933124000064/0000889331-24-000064-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE shareholders approved Approval and Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Auditors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 3: Approval and Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Auditors The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the 2024 fiscal year ending December 28, 2024 was approved and ratified, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933124000064/0000889331-24-000064-index.htm

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