Skyworks Solutions 10-K/A 2025-10-03

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

Amendment No. 1

For the fiscal year ended October 3, 2025

OR

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-05560

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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. þ Yes o No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. o Yes þ 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. þ Yes o 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). þ Yes o 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.

If an 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. o

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. þ

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 þ No

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant (based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 28, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was approximately $9.8 billion. The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.25 per share, as of January 26, 2026, was 149,935,620.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (“we”, “our”, “ours”, “us”, “Skyworks” or the “Company”), for the year ended October 3, 2025, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 7, 2025 (the “Original Filing”). In addition, the following is a list of certain terms that may be referenced throughout the document:

• Board: Board of Directors of Skyworks

• IoT (Internet of Things): the interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices within the existing internet infrastructure

The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 for the sole purpose of providing the information required in Part III of Form 10-K, as the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is scheduled for May 13, 2026, and, accordingly, the Company’s Proxy Statement relating to such Annual Meeting will be filed after the date hereof. Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend any other information set forth in the Original Filing, and the Company has not updated disclosures included therein to reflect any subsequent events.

PART III

Directors and Executive Officers

The following table sets forth for each director and executive officer of the Company his or her position with the Company as of January 26, 2026:

Directors

Qualifications: Mr. Brace’s qualifications to serve as a director include his deep understanding of the semiconductor industry and his prior executive experience in the server, IoT and storage industries, as well as his track record of helping businesses enhance their product lines, market penetration and growth.

Qualifications: Ms. King’s qualifications to serve as a director include her extensive management and operational experience in the high-tech and semiconductor industries as well as her significant strategic and financial expertise.

Qualifications: Mr. Batey’s qualifications to serve as a director include his extensive senior management experience at General Motors, where he developed expertise on a broad set of complex strategic, operational, and technological matters involving the automotive industry, an industry that is expected to be a growth market for the Company.

Qualifications: Mr. Beebe’s qualifications to serve as a director include his two decades of experience as an operating executive in the wireless telecommunications industry as well as his experience and relationships gained from advising leading private equity firms that are transacting business in the global capital markets.

Qualifications: Mr. Guerin’s qualifications to serve as a director include his financial and operational expertise across multiple dynamic markets.

Qualifications: Ms. McBride’s qualifications to serve as a director include her extensive strategy and operations expertise developed through twenty-five years of experience within the wireless technology industry.

Qualifications: Mr. McGlade’s qualifications to serve as a director include his significant operational, strategic, and financial acumen, as well as his knowledge about global capital markets, developed over approximately four decades of experience in the telecommunications business.

Qualifications: Mr. Schriesheim’s qualifications to serve as a director include his extensive knowledge of the capital markets and corporate financial capital structures, his expertise evaluating and structuring merger and acquisition transactions within the technology sector, and his experience gained through leading companies through major strategic and financial corporate transformations.

Qualifications: Ms. Turcke’s qualifications to serve as a director include her significant operational, management and financial experience, including in the telecommunications industry.

In addition to the information presented above regarding each director’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led our Board to conclude that he or she should serve as a director, we also believe that each of our directors has a reputation for integrity, honesty, and adherence to high ethical standards. They have each demonstrated business acumen, an ability to exercise sound judgment, and a commitment of service to Skyworks. Each of our directors will serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

Executive Officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer)

Philip Carter, age 47, has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since September 2025. Mr. Carter previously served as Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company from February 2017 to

November 2024. From November 2024 to September 2025, Mr. Carter was Corporate Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a high performance and adaptive computing leader).

Karilee A. Durham, age 57, joined the Company in April 2018 and is Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Previously, Ms. Durham served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and General Affairs for Goodman Global Group, Inc. (an HVAC manufacturing and distribution company) from September 2010 to April 2018. Earlier, she held multiple senior human resources positions with Dell Inc. (a computer retailer) from October 2007 to September 2010, prior to which she held human resources positions at Flextronics International Ltd., Solectron Corporation, and UT-Battelle LLC.

Reza Kasnavi, age 52, joined the Company in 2010 and has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operations and Technology Officer since March 2025. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing, from November 2019 to March 2025, as Vice President and General Manager, Open Market Platforms, from November 2012 to September 2018, and as Vice President, Central Engineering and Quality, from September 2018 to November 2019. Prior to joining Skyworks, Dr. Kasnavi spent 10 years as an investor and executive with Tallwood Venture Capital (an investment firm focused on semiconductor-related technologies and markets), holding various leadership positions at several Tallwood portfolio companies including Sequoia Communications.

Robert J. Terry, age 59, joined the Company in 2003 and has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since November 2017. He previously served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from November 2016 to November 2017 and as Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from June 2011 to November 2016. Before joining Skyworks, he served as General Counsel and Secretary for Day Software, Inc. (“Day Software”) (an enterprise content management software company), from July 2001 to February 2003. Prior to joining Day Software, Mr. Terry was in private practice, focusing on corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, and general business litigation.

Audit Committee

We have established an Audit Committee consisting of the following individuals, each of whom qualifies as independent within the meaning of the applicable Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq Rules”) and meets the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”): David P. McGlade (Chairman), Eric Guerin, and Christine King. The Board has determined that each of Mr. McGlade (Chairman), Mr. Guerin, and Ms. King meets the qualifications of an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC Rules and the qualifications of “financial sophistication” under the applicable Nasdaq Rules.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our directors, officers, and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. We make available our code of business conduct and ethics free of charge through our website at www.skyworksinc.com. We intend to disclose any amendments to, or waivers from, our code of business conduct and ethics that are required to be publicly disclosed by posting any such amendment or waivers on our website pursuant to SEC requirements and Nasdaq Rules.

Insider Trading Policy

We have adopted the Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Company Policy Regarding Insider Trading and Disclosure of Material Non-Public Information governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of the Company’s securities by directors, officers and employees, which the Company believes is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and any listing standards applicable to the Company. A copy of the Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Company Policy Regarding Insider Trading and Disclosure of Material Non-Public Information is filed as Exhibit 19 to this Form 10-K/A.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Named Executive Officers

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis section discusses the compensation policies and programs for our Named Executive Officers during our fiscal year ended October 3, 2025 (“fiscal year 2025”), as determined under the rules of the SEC. For fiscal year 2025, our Named Executive Officers were:

• Philip G. Brace, Chief Executive Officer and President;

• Philip Carter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer;

• Reza Kasnavi, Executive Vice President, Chief Operations and Technology Officer;

• Robert J. Terry, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary;

• Karilee A. Durham, Senior Vice President, Human Resources;

• Liam K. Griffin, Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President;

• Kris Sennesael, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and

• Robert A. Schriesheim, Former Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Chief Executive Officer Transition

Following a rigorous, thoughtful and thorough CEO search process conducted by the Board with the assistance of an executive search firm, Skyworks identified Mr. Brace as Mr. Griffin’s successor. In February 2025, the Company announced that Mr. Brace would become Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of the Board, effective February 17, 2025. Mr. Griffin ceased serving as Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of the Board on February 17, 2025 and thereafter served in a non-executive advisory role for three months to support the leadership transition, after which his employment with the Company ended on May 16, 2025.

Chief Financial Officer Transition

On May 1, 2025, Mr. Sennesael informed the Company that he would resign from the Company, effective May 9, 2025, to accept another position, and his employment with the Company ended on May 9, 2025. On May 7, 2025, the Company announced that Mark P. Dentinger would be joining the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 2, 2025. However, due to an unforeseen medical condition, Mr. Dentinger did not commence employment with the Company. On May 29, 2025, the Company announced that it had appointed Mr. Schriesheim, a member of the Board, as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and that it had commenced a search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer. Following an extensive search process with the assistance of an executive search firm, the Board appointed Mr. Carter as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 8, 2025, at which time Mr. Schriesheim ceased serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Engagement with Stockholders Regarding Executive Compensation

In evaluating and establishing our executive compensation policies and programs, our Compensation and Talent Committee values and actively considers the opinions expressed by our stockholders through the “say-on-pay” advisory vote at each annual stockholder meeting, as well as through our ongoing stockholder engagement efforts. At our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”), approximately 91% of the votes cast approved our “say-on-pay” proposal, reflecting continued support for our compensation policies and determinations for our fiscal year ended September 27, 2024 (“fiscal year 2024”).

Following the 2025 Annual Meeting, we continued our annual stockholder engagement efforts by conducting outreach to 19 institutional stockholders representing approximately 60% of the Company’s shares outstanding. Stockholders representing approximately 49% of the Company’s shares outstanding responded to the outreach, either with written feedback, a request to speak, or by declining the invitation. Generally, investors who declined a meeting noted that they did so because they did not have any concerns to discuss. We held engagement meetings with each of those stockholders who requested to meet, representing approximately 18% of the Company’s shares outstanding. The Chairman of the Board, Ms. King, was actively involved in stockholder engagement.

During these conversations, institutional stockholders were interested in discussing a range of topics beyond executive compensation, including our Chief Executive Officer transition in February 2025, the composition of the Board, business performance and strategy, our efforts to eliminate the supermajority vote provisions from our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and our sustainability program.

Input and feedback from our stockholders during the most recent outreach, as well as the ongoing dialogue we have shared with stockholders for many years, continues to directly inform the evolution of our compensation practices.

Fiscal Year 2025 Changes

For our fiscal year 2025, the Compensation and Talent Committee made changes to our long-term stock-based incentives for executives that were directly responsive to stockholder feedback. Effective for the fiscal year 2025 performance share awards (“PSAs”) granted to Named Executive Officers on November 5, 2024, both the performance period and vesting period for the EBITDA margin percentile ranking metric were increased from two years to three years.

Approach for Determining Form and Amounts of Compensation

The Compensation and Talent Committee, which is composed solely of independent directors within the meaning of applicable Nasdaq Rules and non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, is responsible for determining all components and amounts of compensation to be paid to our Named Executive Officers, as well as any other executive officers or employees who report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation and Talent Committee sets compensation for the Named Executive Officers, including base salary, short-term incentives, and long-term stock-based incentives, at levels generally intended to be competitive with the compensation of comparable executives in semiconductor companies with which we compete for executive talent and to link the compensation of our Named Executive Officers to improvements in the Company’s financial performance and increases in stockholder value.

Compensation Program Objectives

The objectives of our executive compensation program are to attract, retain, and motivate highly qualified executives to operate our business, and to link the compensation of those executives to improvements in the Company’s financial performance and increases in stockholder value. Accordingly, the Compensation and Talent Committee’s goals in establishing our executive compensation program include:

• ensuring that our executive compensation program is competitive with a group of companies in the semiconductor industry with which we compete for executive talent;

• providing a base salary that serves as the foundation of a compensation package that attracts and retains the executive talent needed to achieve our business objectives;

• providing short-term variable compensation that motivates executives and rewards them for achieving Company financial performance targets;

• providing long-term stock-based compensation that aligns the interest of our executives with stockholders by rewarding them for long-term increases in stockholder value; and

• ensuring that our executive compensation program is perceived as fundamentally fair to our employees.

Retention of Compensation Consultant

The Compensation and Talent Committee has engaged Aon Consulting (“Aon”) to assist in determining the components and amount of executive compensation. Aon reports directly to the Compensation and Talent Committee, through its chairman, and the Compensation and Talent Committee retains the right to terminate or replace the consultant at any time. The Compensation and Talent Committee has considered the relationships that Aon has with the Company, the members of the Compensation and Talent Committee and our executive officers, as well a

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

To the Company’s knowledge, the following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock as of January 26, 2026, by the following individuals or entities: (i) each person or entity who beneficially owns five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of January 26, 2026; (ii) the Named Executive Officers (as defined above in Item 11 “Executive Compensation”); (iii) each director and nominee for director; and (iv) all current executive officers and directors of the Company, as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose and does not constitute an admission that the named stockholder is a direct or indirect beneficial owner of those shares. As of January 26, 2026, there were 149,935,620 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding.

In computing the number of shares of Company common stock beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of Company common stock that are subject to stock options or other rights held by that person that are currently exercisable or that will become exercisable within sixty (60) days of January 26, 2026, are deemed outstanding. These shares are not, however, deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

• Less than 1%

(1) Unless otherwise set forth in the following notes, each person’s address is the address of our principal executive offices at Skyworks Solutions, Inc., 5260 California Avenue, Irvine, CA 92617, and stockholders have sole

voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares, except to the extent such power may be shared by a spouse or otherwise subject to applicable community property laws.

(2) The table does not reflect the number of shares of Company common stock to be issued pursuant to unvested RSUs (the “Unvested RSUs”) and PSAs subject to time-based vesting (the “Unvested PSAs”), in each case that are not scheduled to vest within sixty (60) days of January 26, 2026, as follows: Mr. Batey—3,664 shares under Unvested RSUs; Mr. Beebe—3,664 shares under Unvested RSUs; Mr. Brace—119,906 shares under Unvested RSUs and 32,762 shares under Unvested PSAs; Mr. Carter—60,000 shares under Unvested RSUs; Ms. Durham—30,753 shares under Unvested RSUs and 8,806 shares under Unvested PSAs; Mr. Guerin—3,664 shares under Unvested RSUs; Mr. Kasnavi—56,053 shares under Unvested RSUs and 14,224 shares under Unvested PSAs; Ms. King—4,071 shares under Unvested RSUs; Ms. McBride—3,664 shares under Unvested RSUs; Mr. McGlade— 3,664 shares under Unvested RSUs; Mr. Schriesheim—16,613 shares under Unvested RSUs; Mr. Terry—38,605 shares under Unvested RSUs and 10,160 shares under Unvested PSAs; Ms. Turcke—3,664 shares under Unvested RSUs; current directors and executive officers as a group (13 persons)—347,985 shares under Unvested RSUs and 65,952 shares under Unvested PSAs.

(3) Consists of shares beneficially owned by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard”), which has sole voting power with respect to zero shares, shared voting power with respect to 828,929 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 19,446,619 shares, and shared dispositive power with respect to 1,267,704 shares. With respect to the information relating to Vanguard, we have relied on information disclosed by Vanguard on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on October 31, 2025. The address of Vanguard is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355.

(4) Consists of shares beneficially owned by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), in its capacity as a parent holding company of various subsidiaries under Rule 13d1(b)(1)(ii)(G). In its capacity as a parent holding company or control person, BlackRock has sole voting power with respect to 16,087,146 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 16,885,842 shares which are held by the following of its subsidiaries: BlackRock Life Limited, BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Fund Advisors, BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association, BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG, BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited, and BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd. With respect to the information relating to BlackRock and its affiliated entities, we have relied on information disclosed by BlackRock on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on July 17, 2025. The address of BlackRock is 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001.

(5) Consists of shares beneficially owned by Pzena Investment Management LLC (“Pzena”), which has sole voting power with respect to 10,269,897 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 12,321,597 shares. With respect to the information relating to Pzena, we have relied on information disclosed by Pzena on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on July 14, 2025. The address of Pzena is 320 Park Ave., 8th floor, New York, NY 10022.

(6) Includes shares held in the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan as of December 31, 2025.

(7) This number includes shares held in the Company’s 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan as of October 31, 2024 and is based on the most recent information available to Skyworks, including the most recent Form 4 filed by Mr. Griffin on November 13, 2024. Mr. Griffin ceased being an executive officer and member of the Board on February 17, 2025, and his employment with the Company ended on May 16, 2025.

(8) Mr. Sennesael ceased being an executive officer and employee of the Company on May 9, 2025.

(9) Does not include the shares beneficially owned by Liam K. Griffin and Kris Sennesael, neither of whom was a director or executive officer as of January 26, 2026.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

As of October 3, 2025, the Company has the following equity compensation plans under which its equity securities were authorized for issuance to its employees and/or directors:

• the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended (the “2002 ESPP”)

• the Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended (the “Non-Qualified ESPP”)

• the Second Amended and Restated 2008 Director Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended (the “Director LTIP”)

• the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2015 LTIP”)

• FY25 Brace RSU

• FY25 Brace PSA

• Brace New Hire PSA

Except for the Non-Qualified ESPP and the FY25 Brace RSU, the FY25 Brace PSA and the Brace New Hire PSA, each of which were granted as “inducement grants” within the meaning of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), each of the foregoing equity compensation plans was approved by the Company’s stockholders. A description of the material features of the Non-Qualified ESPP is provided below under the heading “Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan”, and a description of the material features of the FY25 Brace RSU, FY25 Brace PSA and Brace New Hire PSA is provided above under the heading “Compensation Approach for Our Chief Executive Officer”.

The following table presents information about these plans as of October 3, 2025.

(1) Consists of (i) 3,280,918 shares to be issued upon vesting of outstanding RSUs under our 2015 LTIP, (ii) 1,620,285 shares to be issued upon vesting of outstanding PSAs at target levels under our 2015 LTIP, and (iii) 10,228 shares to be issued upon vesting of outstanding stock options under our 2015 LTIP.

(2) The weighted average exercise price does not reflect shares issuable upon the vesting of outstanding RSUs and PSAs, which have no exercise price. Such shares will be issued at the time such awards vest, without any cash consideration payable for those shares.

(3) Includes (i) 1,730,253 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2002 ESPP, (ii) 457,805 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the Director LTIP, and (iii) 8,548,209 shares available for future issuance under the 2015 LTIP.

(4) Includes 43,682 shares under the FY25 Brace RSU, which is subject to time-based vesting over a period of four years beginning on November 5, 2024, and 520,552 shares under the FY25 Brace PSA and Brace New Hire PSA, which number assumes achievement of performance goals under the FY25 Brace PSA at target levels of performance and achievement of all share price hurdles under the Brace New Hire PSA.

(5) Represents 341,204 shares that remain available for future issuance under the Non-Qualified ESPP.

Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We maintain the Non-Qualified ESPP to provide employees of the Company and participating subsidiaries with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the purchase, by means of payroll deductions, of shares of the Company’s common stock at a discount from the market price of the common stock at the time of purchase. The Non-Qualified ESPP is intended for use primarily by employees located outside the United States. Under the plan, eligible employees may purchase common stock through payroll deductions of up to 15% of eligible compensation. The price per share is the lower of 85% of the market price at the beginning or end of each six-month offering period.

FY25 Brace RSU, the FY25 Brace PSA and the Brace New Hire PSA

A description of the material features of the FY25 Brace RSU, FY25 Brace PSA and Brace New Hire PSA is provided above under the heading “Compensation Approach for Our Chief Executive Officer.”

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions: Other than compensation agreements and other arrangements which are described above in Item 11 “Executive Compensation,” since September 28, 2024, there has not been a transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company was or is a party involving an amount in excess of $120,000 and in which any director, executive officer, holder of more than five percent (5%) of any class of our voting securities, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. Our Board has adopted a written related person transaction approval policy that sets forth the Company’s policies and procedures for the review, approval, or ratification of any transaction required to be reported in its filings with the SEC. The Company’s policy with regard to related person transactions is that all related person transactions between the Company and any related person (as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K) or their affiliates, in which the amount involved is equal to or greater than $120,000, be reviewed by the Company’s General Counsel and approved by the Audit Committee. In addition, the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics requires that employees discuss with the Company’s Compliance Officer any significant relationship (or transaction) that might raise doubt about such employee’s ability to act in the best interest of the Company.

Director Independence: Each year, the Board reviews the relationships that each director has with the Company and with other parties. Only those directors who do not have any of the categorical relationships that preclude them from being independent within the meaning of applicable Nasdaq Rules and who the Board affirmatively determines have no relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director are considered to be independent directors. The Board has reviewed a number of factors to evaluate the independence of each of its members. These factors include its members’ current and historic relationships with the Company and its competitors, suppliers, and customers; their relationships with management and other directors; the relationships their current and former employers have with the Company; and the relationships between the Company and other companies of which a member of the Company’s Board is a director or executive officer. After evaluating these factors, the Board has determined that eight of the nine members of the Board, namely, Alan S. Batey, Kevin L. Beebe, Eric J. Guerin, Christine King, Suzanne E. McBride, David P. McGlade, Robert A. Schriesheim, and Maryann Turcke, do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out their responsibilities as directors and that each such director is an independent director of the Company within the meaning of applicable Nasdaq Rules.

KPMG LLP (Irvine, California, Auditor Firm ID: 185) provided audit services to the Company consisting of the annual audit of the Company’s 2025 consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and reviews of the financial statements contained in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for fiscal year 2025. The following table summarizes the fees of KPMG LLP billed to the Company for the last two fiscal years.

(1) Audit fees consist of fees for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the interim financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and statutory audits and related filings in various foreign locations. Fiscal year 2025 and 2024 audit fees included fees for services incurred in connection with rendering opinions under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Fiscal year 2025 and 2024 audit fees also included fees for the issuance of auditor consents to incorporate by reference prior year financial statement opinions in registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the SEC.

(2) Audit-related fees in fiscal year 2024 consist of fees relating to the real-time system implementation assessment of certain enterprise resource planning software.

(3) Tax fees consist of fees for tax compliance and tax planning services. Tax compliance services in fiscal year 2025 and 2024 primarily relate to the review of U.S. income tax matters, including the Section 48D advanced manufacturing investment credit in both fiscal years and the research and development tax credit in fiscal year 2025.

In 2003, the Audit Committee adopted a formal policy concerning approval of audit and non-audit services to be provided to the Company by its independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP. The policy requires that all services provided by KPMG LLP, including audit services and permitted audit-related and non-audit services, be preapproved by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has delegated to its Chairman the authority to grant pre-approval for audit services and permitted non-audit services, provided that any such approvals are presented to the full Audit Committee for ratification at its next meeting. The Audit Committee preapproved all audit and non-audit services provided by KPMG LLP during fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2024.

PART IV

(a) The following are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

(b) Exhibits

The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are filed herewith and incorporated by reference herein. The response to this portion of Item 15 is submitted under Item 15(a)(3).

EXHIBIT INDEX

• Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

^ Portions of this exhibit have been omitted because such information is not material and is the type of information that the Registrant treats as private or confidential.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.