---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000895419-24-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WOLF"
cik: "0000895419"
company_name: "WOLFSPEED, INC."
filed_at: "2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T21:27:25.078950+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wolfspeed appoints Thomas H. Werner as Executive Chair with $150K monthly salary and RSU grants

## Summary
- Thomas H. Werner appointed Executive Chair effective Nov 18, 2024; offer letter signed Nov 19.
- Base salary of $150,000 per month, paid in regular installments.
- Monthly RSU grants valued at $225,000, using 30-day average closing price, vesting one year from grant.
- First RSU grant on Dec 31, 2024 covering service for Nov-Dec 2024.
- Employment is at-will; must sign confidentiality and noncompetition agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000895419-24-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WOLF
- cik: 0000895419
- company_name: WOLFSPEED, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895419/000089541924000107/0000895419-24-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895419/000089541924000107/wolfspeed-20241119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895419-24-000107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895419-24-000107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895419-24-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas H. Werner was appointed as Executive Chair at WOLFSPEED, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Wolfspeed, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Thomas H. Werner as Executive Chair effective as of November 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895419/000089541924000107/0000895419-24-000107-index.htm

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