Company: CRUS
Filing Date: 2025-06-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000772406-25-000019
Chunk: 36

Company: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 36
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, General Counsel

Mr. Thomas, age 60, was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel in December 2024. Prior to that position, since December 2023, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Previously, from November 2017, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel,

Corporate Secretary, and prior to that position, from December 2003, he was Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary. He joined the Company in December 2000 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property.

### Jeff Woolard – Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Woolard, age 55, was appointed Chief Financial Officer in February 2025, when he joined the Company. Prior to that position, since September 2023, he served as CFO of Velocity Global, L.L.C., a private company that provides a global workforce platform and related services. Previously, from December 2021, Mr. Woolard served as CFO for Solidigm, a private company that provides flash memory solutions. Prior to that, from May 2020, Mr. Woolard worked at Intel Corporation, a public semiconductor company, as CFO Manufacturing and Technology and from March 2012 as CFO Intel Capital, Emerging Growth Incubation. From 2019-2022, Mr. Woolard served as a board member for McAfee Corp., a computer security software company.

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### COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
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| Purpose                                                                               |     |                                                                        |     |                                                           |     | 40 |
| Executive Summary                                                                     |     |                                                                        |     |                                                           |     | 41 |
| Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation and Last Year's Result                        |     |                                                                        |     |                                                           |     | 43 |
| Our General Philosophy and Overall Compensation Framework                             |     |                                                                        |     |                                                           |     | 43 |
|                                                                                       |     | How We Set Target Total Direct Compensation                            |     |                                                           |     | 45 |
|                                                                                       |     | Our Use of a Compensation Consultant                                   |     |                                                           |     | 45 |
|                                                                                       |     | The Information We Use for Comparisons                                 |     |                                                           |     | 46 |
|                                                                                       |     | The Role of Our Executive Officers in Establishing Compensation        |     |                                                           |     | 47 |
|                                                                                       |     | The Elements Making Up Compensation and Our Target Compensation Levels |     |                                                           |     |