---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-058668"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONTO"
cik: "0000704532"
company_name: "ONTO INNOVATION INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T05:13:09.225544+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Onto Innovation director Edward J. Brown Jr. to retire from Board at 2022 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Brown notified the Board on November 23, 2021 of his voluntary retirement and decision not to stand for re-election.
- He will serve until the expiration of his term at the 2022 Annual Meeting expected in May 2022.
- Retirement is not due to any dispute or disagreement with the Company, management, or the Board.
- The Board expressed gratitude for Brown's leadership and service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-058668
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONTO
- cik: 0000704532
- company_name: ONTO INNOVATION INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/704532/000156459021058668/0001564590-21-058668-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/704532/000156459021058668/onto-8k_20211123.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-058668.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward J. Brown, Jr. retired as Director at ONTO INNOVATION INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 23, 2021, Edward J. Brown, Jr., currently a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Onto Innovation Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board of his voluntary decision to retire from the Company’s Board and to not stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), which is expected to be held in May 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/704532/000156459021058668/0001564590-21-058668-index.htm

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