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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001604778-23-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QRVO"
cik: "0001604778"
company_name: "Qorvo, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:52:42.383495+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Qorvo board member Jeffery R. Gardner passes away unexpectedly

## Summary
- Jeffery R. Gardner died on August 27, 2023; he had served on Qorvo's board since January 2015.
- Gardner was Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee.
- Previously served as director of RF Micro Devices from 2004 until its merger to form Qorvo in 2015.
- CEO Bob Bruggeworth expressed condolences and noted Gardner's dedication to the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001604778-23-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QRVO
- cik: 0001604778
- company_name: Qorvo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604778/000160477823000088/0001604778-23-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604778/000160477823000088/rfmd-20230828.htm

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