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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
Or
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
(Commission File Number) 001-39317
ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 36-3840979 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
5701 N. Pima Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
(602) 244-6600
(Address, zip code and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
| Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | ||||||||
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | ON | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes ☒ No ☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $40,710,818,329 as of June 30, 2023, based on the closing sales price of such stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Shares held by executive officers, directors and persons owning directly or indirectly more than 10% of the outstanding common stock (as applicable) have been excluded from the preceding number because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the registrant.
The number of shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding at January 31, 2024 was 427,328,652.
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of the registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement relating to its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
FORM 10-K
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Part I | ||||||||
| Item 1. | Business | 5 | ||||||
| Overview | 5 | |||||||
| Revenue Generating Activities | 6 | |||||||
| Markets | 8 | |||||||
| Resources | 10 | |||||||
| Seasonality | 12 | |||||||
| Government Regulation | 12 | |||||||
| Environmental, Social and Governance Initiatives | 13 | |||||||
| Human Capital Resources | 13 | |||||||
| Information about Our Executive Officers | 14 | |||||||
| Available Information | 15 | |||||||
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 15 | ||||||
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 28 | ||||||
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 28 | ||||||
| Item 2. | Properties | 30 | ||||||
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 30 | ||||||
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosure | 31 | ||||||
| Part II | ||||||||
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 31 | ||||||
| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 32 | ||||||
| Item 7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 32 | ||||||
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 43 | ||||||
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 43 | ||||||
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 44 | ||||||
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 44 | ||||||
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 44 | ||||||
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 45 | ||||||
| Part III | ||||||||
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 45 | ||||||
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 45 | ||||||
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 45 | ||||||
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 45 | ||||||
| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 45 | ||||||
| Part IV | ||||||||
| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 45 | ||||||
| Item 16. | Form 10-K Summary | 53 | ||||||
| Signatures | 54 |
(See the glossary immediately following this table of contents for definitions of certain abbreviated terms)
ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
FORM 10-K
GLOSSARY OF SELECTED ABBREVIATED TERMS*
| Abbreviated Term | Defined Term | |||||||
| 0% Notes | 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 | |||||||
| 0.50% Notes | 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 | |||||||
| 1.625% Notes | 1.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 | |||||||
| 3.875% Notes | 3.875% Senior Notes due 2028 | |||||||
| ADAS | Advanced driver assistance systems | |||||||
| AI | Artificial Intelligence | |||||||
| Amended and Restated SIP | ON Semiconductor Corporation Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, as amended | |||||||
| AMIS | AMIS Holdings, Inc. | |||||||
| AR/VR | Augmented reality/virtual reality | |||||||
| ASC | Accounting Standards Codification | |||||||
| ASIC | Application specific integrated circuits | |||||||
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update | |||||||
| CMOS | Complementary metal oxide semiconductor | |||||||
| Commission or SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||||
| ECL | Emitter coupled logic | |||||||
| EFK | East Fishkill, New York fabrication facility | |||||||
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency | |||||||
| ESPP | ON Semiconductor Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended | |||||||
| EV/HEV | Electric vehicles/hybrid electric vehicles | |||||||
| Exchange Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended | |||||||
| Fairchild | Fairchild Semiconductor International LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation | |||||||
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board | |||||||
| IC | Integrated circuit | |||||||
| IGBT | Insulated-gate bipolar transistor | |||||||
| IP | Intellectual property | |||||||
| IPRD | In-process research and development | |||||||
| LIBO Rate | A base rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration | |||||||
| LSI | Large-scale integration | |||||||
| MOSFET | Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor | |||||||
| New Credit Agreement | Credit agreement, dated as of June 22, 2023, by and among the Company, as borrower, the several lenders party thereto, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain other parties, providing for the Revolving Credit Facility | |||||||
| OEM | Original equipment manufacturers | |||||||
| PC | Personal computer | |||||||
| Prior Credit Agreement | Credit agreement, dated as of April 15, 2016, as subsequently amended, by and among the Company, as borrower, the several lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain other parties, providing for the Revolver due 2024 and the Term Loan "B" Facility, that was terminated on June 22, 2023 and replaced by the New Credit Agreement. | |||||||
| PRP | Potentially responsible party | |||||||
| QCS | Division within ASG, primarily associated with the legacy Quantenna division |
| Revolver due 2024 | A $1.97 billion revolving credit facility created pursuant to the Prior Credit Agreement | |||||||
| Revolving Credit Facility | A $1.5 billion revolving credit facility created pursuant to the New Credit Agreement | |||||||
| ROU | Right-of-use | |||||||
| RSU | Restricted stock unit | |||||||
| SCI LLC | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation | |||||||
| Securities Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended | |||||||
| SiC | Silicon carbide | |||||||
| SiPM | Silicon photomultipliers | |||||||
| SPAD | Single photon avalanche diode arrays | |||||||
| Term Loan "B" Facility | A $2.4 billion term loan "B" facility created pursuant to the Prior Credit Agreement | |||||||
| U.S. or United States | United States of America | |||||||
| WBG | Wide band gap | |||||||
- Terms used, but not defined, within the body of the Form 10-K are defined in this Glossary.
PART I