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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493594-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTSI"
cik: "0001493594"
company_name: "MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:55:34.807019+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MACOM appoints Raj Shanmugaraj (former Acacia CEO) to board as independent director

## Summary
- Raj Shanmugaraj appointed to MACOM Board effective January 4, 2024.
- He will serve on the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees.
- Shanmugaraj is SVP/GM at Cisco's Coherent Products Group, formerly CEO of Acacia.
- Board determined he is independent per Nasdaq listing rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493594-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTSI
- cik: 0001493594
- company_name: MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493594/000149359424000003/0001493594-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493594/000149359424000003/mtsi-20240104.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493594-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Murugesan “Raj” Shanmugaraj was appointed as Director at MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Murugesan “Raj” Shanmugaraj to the Board as a Class III director to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493594/000149359424000003/0001493594-24-000003-index.htm

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