UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

August 28, 2018

 

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		000-18032		93-0835214
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

111 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 700

Portland, Oregon 97204

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(503) 268-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last 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 August 28, 2018, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) announced that it plans to undertake a search for a new Chief Financial Officer. The Company anticipates that Max Downing, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, will remain in his current role until it appoints a successor and that Mr. Downing will assist with an orderly transition through the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company plans to retain a new CFO prior to the end of February 2019. The Company has agreed to provide Mr. Downing with enhanced compensation for each month in which he remains with the Company during the transition period.

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.

 

				LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Date: August 28, 2018				By:		/s/ Byron W. Milstead
						Byron W. Milstead Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary