secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (UCTT)
CIK:        0001275014
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-30T20:14:44+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-063977
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Ultra Clean Holdings appoints Alexander Davern to board effective September 28, 2026
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- Davern, 60, spent 1994-2020 at National Instruments, serving as CEO 2017-2020, COO 2010-2016 and CFO 1998-2010.
- He was a National Instruments director through its 2023 acquisition by Emerson Electric; he now serves on boards of Cirrus Logic, Computer Modelling Group and Spectris.
- Davern will be paid under Ultra Clean's non-employee director compensation policy and is expected to sign the company's standard indemnification agreement.
- No arrangements or understandings with other persons were cited, and no Item 404(a) related-party transaction was disclosed.
- CEO James Xiao said the appointment strengthens board strategic insight as Ultra Clean executes UCT 3.0.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275014/000162828026063977/0001628280-26-063977-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275014/000162828026063977/uctt-20260928.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-063977

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