---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001039399-24-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FORM"
cik: "0001039399"
company_name: "FORMFACTOR INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T09:29:47.084932+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FormFactor board expands to nine; appoints Kevin Brewer as director; Maier not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Lothar Maier will not stand for re-election at the May 17, 2024 annual meeting; transition not due to disagreement.
- Board size increased from 8 to 9; Kevin Brewer appointed, former Axcelis CFO and EVP of Global Operations.
- Brewer serves on Audit and Governance & Nominating Committees; annual retainer $68,500 and $190k RSU grant.
- Brewer brings over 40 years of semiconductor and high-tech industry experience to the board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001039399-24-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FORM
- cik: 0001039399
- company_name: FORMFACTOR INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039399/000103939924000011/0001039399-24-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039399/000103939924000011/form-20240317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039399-24-000011
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039399-24-000011.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039399-24-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lothar Maier departed as director at FORMFACTOR INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: director
  source text: Lothar Maier, a director of FormFactor, Inc. (the “Company”) notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039399/000103939924000011/0001039399-24-000011-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Brewer was appointed as director at FORMFACTOR INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: the Board approved an increase in the size of the Board from eight to nine members and appointed Kevin Brewer as a director to fill the vacancy resulting from that increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039399/000103939924000011/0001039399-24-000011-index.htm

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