---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-047092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYNA"
cik: "0000817720"
company_name: "SYNAPTICS Inc"
filed_at: "2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T13:41:34.869047+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Synaptics CFO Dean Butler resigns; CEO Hurlston named interim CFO

## Summary
- Dean Butler resigned as CFO, effective February 26, 2024, to pursue a new opportunity; he will advise through April 5.
- CEO Michael Hurlston will serve as interim principal financial officer without additional compensation.
- Esther Song, VP and Corporate Controller, appointed principal accounting officer; receives one-time $300,000 RSU grant.
- Former Chief Accounting Officer Kermit Nolan returns as consultant to support the finance team.
- Butler's resignation was not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, accounting, or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-047092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYNA
- cik: 0000817720
- company_name: SYNAPTICS Inc
- filed_at: 2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000119312524047092/0001193125-24-047092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000119312524047092/d708499d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Hurlston was appointed as principal financial officer at SYNAPTICS Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal financial officer
  source text: Effective upon Mr. Butler’s resignation, Michael Hurlston, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will serve as the Company’s principal financial officer on an interim basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000119312524047092/0001193125-24-047092-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dean Butler resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SYNAPTICS Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 21, 2024, Dean Butler, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Synaptics Incorporated (the “Company”), informed the Company that he has decided to resign, effective February 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000119312524047092/0001193125-24-047092-index.htm
- Executive change
  Esther Song was appointed as principal accounting officer at SYNAPTICS Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. Butler’s resignation, Esther Song, the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller, will assume the responsibilities of principal accounting officer, effective as of February 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/817720/000119312524047092/0001193125-24-047092-index.htm

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