---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-104337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTC"
cik: "0000088941"
company_name: "SEMTECH CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:06:49.276915+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Semtech appoints Gregory Fischer and Paul Walsh to board; board expands to 12

## Summary
- Board increased from 10 to 12 directors; Fischer and Walsh appointed as independent directors effective April 14, 2023.
- Appointments follow March 2023 cooperation agreement with Lion Point Capital.
- Both appointed to Nominating and Governance Committee; Walsh also added to Audit Committee.
- They will stand for election at the 2023 Annual Meeting in June.
- Each received initial RSU awards (888 stock-settled and 888 cash-settled) vesting just before the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-104337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTC
- cik: 0000088941
- company_name: SEMTECH CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523104337/0001193125-23-104337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523104337/d460598d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-104337
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-104337.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-104337.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory M. Fischer was appointed as Director at SEMTECH CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement and effective April 14, 2023, the Company increased the size of its board of directors (the “Board”) from ten to twelve directors and appointed Gregory M. Fischer and Paul V. Walsh, Jr. (together, the “New Directors”) as independent members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523104337/0001193125-23-104337-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul V. Walsh, Jr. was appointed as Director at SEMTECH CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement and effective April 14, 2023, the Company increased the size of its board of directors (the “Board”) from ten to twelve directors and appointed Gregory M. Fischer and Paul V. Walsh, Jr. (together, the “New Directors”) as independent members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523104337/0001193125-23-104337-index.htm

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