---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-000686"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONTO"
cik: "0000704532"
company_name: "ONTO INNOVATION INC."
filed_at: "2022-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:00:16.016628+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Onto Innovation director Bruce C. Rhine to retire, not stand for re-election at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Bruce C. Rhine notified the Board of his voluntary retirement and will not stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting in May.
- Retirement is not due to any dispute with the Company, management, or the Board.
- Mr. Rhine will continue to serve as a director until the expiration of his term at the Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-000686
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONTO
- cik: 0000704532
- company_name: ONTO INNOVATION INC.
- filed_at: 2022-01-07T23:59:59+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/704532/000156459022000686/0001564590-22-000686-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/704532/000156459022000686/onto-8k_20220105.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-000686.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce C. Rhine retired as Member of the Board of Directors at ONTO INNOVATION INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On January 5, 2022, Bruce C. Rhine, 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/704532/000156459022000686/0001564590-22-000686-index.htm

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