---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-031772"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IDCC"
cik: "0001405495"
company_name: "InterDigital, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:31:05.086676+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# InterDigital appoints Derek Aberle to board; receives RSU awards

## Summary
- Board appointed Derek Aberle, Co-founder and EVP of XCOM Labs, as director effective Sept. 8, 2022.
- Aberle fills newly created vacancy, increasing board size to eight directors.
- He received initial award of 2,942 RSUs vesting on first anniversary and prorated award of 2,679 RSUs vesting June 1, 2023.
- No arrangements or understandings with other persons regarding Aberle's selection; no related transactions reported.
- Aberle will be compensated per non-management director program (as amended June 2019).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-031772
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IDCC
- cik: 0001405495
- company_name: InterDigital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1405495/000114036122031772/0001140361-22-031772-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1405495/000114036122031772/brhc10041499_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031772
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031772.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031772.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Derek Aberle was appointed as director at InterDigital, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On August 29, 2022 and effective as of September 8, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of InterDigital, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), appointed Mr. Derek Aberle, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman of XCOM Labs, as a director to fill a newly created vacancy on the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1405495/000114036122031772/0001140361-22-031772-index.htm

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