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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001040161-23-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PXLW"
cik: "0001040161"
company_name: "PIXELWORKS, INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T07:20:20.825568+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pixelworks amends executive clawback policy to comply with SEC, Nasdaq rules

## Summary
- Board approved amended Executive Compensation Recovery Policy on August 14, 2023, effective October 2, 2023.
- Policy mandates no-fault recovery of excess incentive compensation from current and former executive officers when accounting restatement occurs.
- Recovery applies to incentive compensation granted, earned, or vested on or after October 2, 2023, regardless of misconduct.
- Covered period is three completed fiscal years preceding the restatement date; company may use various recovery methods.
- Policy prohibits indemnification or reimbursement of executives for clawed-back amounts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001040161-23-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PXLW
- cik: 0001040161
- company_name: PIXELWORKS, INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016123000037/0001040161-23-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016123000037/pxlw-20230814.htm

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