secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SEMTECH CORP (SMTC)
CIK:        0000088941
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-071560
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Semtech promotes Asaf Silberstein to COO; base salary set at $455,000
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- Asaf Silberstein promoted to COO (newly created role) effective March 9, 2023.
- Reports to CEO Mohan Maheswaran; will lead business groups, sales, ops, and IT.
- Base salary increased to $455,000 annually; he previously served as EVP Worldwide Operations and IT.
- CEO cites recent Sierra Wireless acquisition doubling company size as reason for new COO position.
- Silberstein has over 20 years of semiconductor operations experience, including at Microsemi and PowerDsine.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523071560/0001193125-23-071560-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523071560/d352559d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-071560

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