---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-003526"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TER"
cik: "0000097210"
company_name: "TERADYNE, INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T07:33:58.878741+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Teradyne director Ford Tamer will not seek re-election, to focus on new CEO role at Lattice Semiconductor

## Summary
- Ford Tamer notified Teradyne board on Jan 2, 2025, that he will not stand for re-election at the 2025 annual meeting.
- Tamer was recently appointed CEO of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, prompting his decision to step down.
- His departure is not due to any disagreement with Teradyne's board or management.
- Tamer will continue as a director until his term expires at the 2025 annual meeting expected in May.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-003526
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TER
- cik: 0000097210
- company_name: TERADYNE, INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97210/000119312525003526/0001193125-25-003526-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97210/000119312525003526/d909684d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-003526
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-003526.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-003526.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ford Tamer departed as Director at TERADYNE, INC.
  - Action: not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 2, 2025, Ford Tamer notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Teradyne, Inc. (“Teradyne”) of his decision not to stand for re-election at Teradyne’s next annual meeting of shareholders, expected to be held in May 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97210/000119312525003526/0001193125-25-003526-index.htm

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