SEMTECH CORP appointed Paul H. Pickle as new CEO

Item 5.02 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 


CEO Transition Date 

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Semtech Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") appointed Paul H. Pickle to serve as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer effective as of a date, after June 8, 2023 and not later than June 30, 2023, to be mutually agreed between Mr. Pickle and the Chair of the Board (with Mr. Pickle's first day of employment in such capacity, the "Transition Date"). On June 7, 2023, Mr. Pickle and the Chair of the Board agreed that the Transition Date will be June 30, 2023. Mohan Maheswaran's retirement as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of the Board, will be effective June 29, 2023. 

Asaf Silberstein Retention Agreement 

On June 8, 2023, the Company and Asaf Silberstein, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, entered into a Retention Agreement (the "Retention Agreement") that provides for severance benefits in the event that Mr. Silberstein's employment with the Company terminates under certain conditions described below. 

The Retention Agreement generally provides that if, at any time prior to December 8, 2024, Mr. Silberstein's employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Mr. Silberstein for Good Reason (as such terms are defined in the Retention Agreement), and in either case his termination is not in connection with a change in control of the Company, Mr. Silberstein will be entitled to receive the following separation benefits: (1) one times his annual base salary paid out in installments over twelve months following his separation date; (2) payment of any bonus due for a fiscal year that ended prior to his separation date plus a pro-rata portion of his target bonus for the fiscal year in which his employment ends (pro-rata based on the number of days of employment during the year); (3) payment or reimbursement of Mr. Silberstein's premiums to continue healthcare coverage under COBRA for up to 12 months; (4) as to each then-outstanding equity-based award granted by the Company to Mr. Silberstein that vests based solely on continued service with the Company and unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable award agreement, accelerated vesting of any portion of the award that was scheduled to vest within one year after Mr. Silberstein's separation date; and (5) as to each outstanding equity-based award granted by the Company to Mr. Silberstein that is subject to performance-based vesting requirements and unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable award agreement, Mr. Silberstein will be deemed to have satisfied any service-based requirement applicable to a performance period that ends within one year after his separation date. Mr. Silberstein's receipt of the separation benefits described above is conditioned on Mr. Silberstein delivering a release of claims in favor of the Company. 

Mr. Silberstein will also continue to be eligible for severance benefits under the Company's Executive Change in Control Retention Plan (the "Change in Control Plan") if there is an involuntary termination of his employment with the Company during a Change in Control Window (which is generally defined under the Change in Control Plan as the period of time that begins 90 days prior to the consummation of a change in control transaction (or, if earlier, on the date a definitive agreement is entered into to effect a change in control transaction) and ends on the second anniversary of the consummation of the change in control transaction). If Mr. Silberstein is entitled to benefits provided under the Change in Control Plan and his separation date occurs prior to the applicable change in control transaction, the cash severance provided under the Change in Control Plan shall be reduced by the amount of any cash severance previously paid to him pursuant to the Retention Agreement. 

The foregoing description of the Retention Agreement is a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Retention Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.