---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001178913-22-001550"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEDG"
cik: "0001419612"
company_name: "SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:07:37.484091+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SolarEdge appoints Dirk Carsten Hoke to board; two directors resign

## Summary
- Yoni Cheifetz and Doron Inbar resigned from the board effective April 19, 2022; no disagreements cited.
- Dirk Carsten Hoke appointed as Class I director; served as CEO of Airbus Defence and Space (2016-2021).
- Board size reduced from eight to seven directors upon resignations.
- Hoke receives initial RSU grant valued at $150,000, annual RSU of $185,000, and $70,000 cash retainer.
- Hoke will also serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001178913-22-001550
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEDG
- cik: 0001419612
- company_name: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-04-20T23:59:59+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/1419612/000117891322001550/0001178913-22-001550-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891322001550/form8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yoni Cheifetz resigned as Director at SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 19, 2022, Mr. Yoni Cheifetz notified SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891322001550/0001178913-22-001550-index.htm
- Executive change
  Doron Inbar resigned as Director at SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: In addition, on April 19, 2022, Mr. Doron Inbar notified the Company of his intention to resign from the Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891322001550/0001178913-22-001550-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dirk Carsten Hoke was appointed as Director at SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 19, 2022, SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Dirk Carsten Hoke to the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class I director to fill the existing vacancy on the Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891322001550/0001178913-22-001550-index.htm

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