---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-096640"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLAB"
cik: "0001038074"
company_name: "SILICON LABORATORIES INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:25:16.949040+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle to retire Jan 1, 2022; President Matt Johnson to succeed as CEO

## Summary
- Tyson Tuttle to retire as CEO and board member effective Jan 1, 2022, after 24 years at Silicon Labs.
- Matt Johnson appointed CEO effective Jan 2, 2022; previously President since Apr 2021 and SVP/GM of IoT Products.
- Tuttle entered CEO Transition Agreement on July 27, 2021: lump sum of salary, target variable comp, earned 2021 bonus, and COBRA.
- Tuttle to serve as advisor on Technical Advisory Board; receives $50K annual RSU grants (2-yr vest) and $5K annual cash retainer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-096640
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLAB
- cik: 0001038074
- company_name: SILICON LABORATORIES INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1038074/000110465921096640/0001104659-21-096640-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1038074/000110465921096640/tm2123157d4_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-096640
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-096640.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-096640.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matt Johnson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at SILICON LABORATORIES INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors appointed the Company’s President Matt Johnson to serve as the Company’s CEO beginning on January 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1038074/000110465921096640/0001104659-21-096640-index.htm

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