UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Appointment of Two New Directors
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (the “Registrant”), has appointed two new directors to the Board, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: Eric J. Guerin (effective as of January 31, 2022), and Suzanne E. McBride (effective as of February 2, 2022). In connection with the appointments, the size of the Board was increased from eight to ten. Mr. Guerin and Ms. McBride will serve until the Registrant’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, when each will be a nominee for election to the Board by a vote of the Registrant’s stockholders, and thereafter until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified. The Board has not yet determined Mr. Guerin’s or Ms. McBride’s committee assignments. Cash compensation for both new directors will be as set forth in the Registrant’s Cash Compensation Plan for Directors, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 5, 2020, as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Mr. Guerin and Ms. McBride will also be eligible to receive equity awards under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2008 Director Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended, which was filed with the SEC on May 4, 2018, as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including an initial award of restricted stock units as provided for therein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| February 2, 2022 | By: | /s/ Robert J. Terry | ||||||
| Name: | Robert J. Terry | |||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||