secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DIODES INC /DEL/ (DIOD)
CIK:        0000029002
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-12T00:47:29+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-217617
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Diodes Chairman Keh-Shew Lu resigns after withhold vote; Angie Chen Button named Chair
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- Dr. Lu received 38.2M withhold votes vs 3.5M for; voluntarily resigned effective May 11, 2026.
- Lu served 21 years, scaling revenue from ~$215M to over $1B; remains Special Advisor to CEO.
- Angie Chen Button, independent director since 2021, elected Chairwoman; was Lead Director since 2023.
- Button has 30+ years at Texas Instruments and serves in Texas House of Representatives since 2009.
- Board also elected Lu to board earlier that day at annual meeting; seven directors elected total.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000119312526217617/0001193125-26-217617-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000119312526217617/diod-20260511.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-217617

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