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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.
On November 16, 2022, Mr. John Caldwell, Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the “Company”), announced his retirement from the Board effective as of the same day. Mr. Caldwell has been a director of the Company since 2006 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2016 to February 2022. Mr. Caldwell’s decision to retire is not because of any disagreement with the Company.
Also on November 16, 2022, Ms. Nora Denzel was appointed as Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by the Board of the Company. Ms. Denzel has served on the Board since 2014.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 16, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Caldwell’s retirement from the Board and the appointment of Ms. Denzel as Lead Independent Director. A copy of this press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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104 | Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K | ||||||||||||||||
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.
| Date: November 16, 2022 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | ||||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Harry Wolin | ||||||||||||||||
Name: | Harry A. Wolin | ||||||||||||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||||
