---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIOD"
cik: "0000029002"
company_name: "DIODES INC /DEL/"
filed_at: "2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T14:42:53.939979+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diodes appoints Gary Yu as COO; Julie Holland to retire March 31, 2023; sets 2023 executive compensation

## Summary
- Gary Yu appointed Chief Operating Officer effective Feb 9, 2023; previously SVP Business Groups.
- Julie Holland, SVP Corporate Operations, retiring effective March 31, 2023.
- Base salaries set: CEO Keh-Shew Lu $810K, CFO Brett Whitmire $330K, COO Gary Yu $450K, Frances Tang $410K, Julie Holland $400K.
- LTI awards granted: RSUs and PSUs with 3-year cumulative $1.184B operating income target; CEO awarded 42,000 RSUs and 42,000 PSUs.
- PSU vesting: 50% at 80% threshold, 200% at 120% maximum, linear interpolation for between.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIOD
- cik: 0000029002
- company_name: DIODES INC /DEL/
- filed_at: 2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023002806/0000950170-23-002806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023002806/diod-20230214.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-002806.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie Holland departed as Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations at DIODES INC /DEL/.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations
  source text: On February 14, 2023, the Company announced that Julie Holland, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations will be retiring from the Company effective March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023002806/0000950170-23-002806-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary Yu was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at DIODES INC /DEL/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 9, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Gary Yu as Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023002806/0000950170-23-002806-index.htm

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