Company: COHU
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-010672
Chunk: 75

Company: COHU INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 75
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Even though this say-on-pay vote is advisory and therefore will not be binding on Cohu, the Compensation Committee and the Board value the opinions of our stockholders. Accordingly, to the extent there is a significant vote against the compensation of our NEOs, we will consider our stockholders’ concerns and the Compensation Committee will evaluate what actions may be necessary or appropriate to address those concerns.

| The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote √ “FOR” approval, 
 on an advisory basis, of the resolution on executive compensation.     |

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Proposal No. 3: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee of the Board has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as Cohu’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2025. Ernst & Young LLP served as Cohu’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, and also provided certain tax services. See “Principal Accounting Fees and Services” on page 52. Representatives of Ernst & Young LLP are expected to attend the Meeting, where they will be available to respond to appropriate questions and, if they desire, to make a statement. Ernst & Young LLP (or its predecessor firms) has been Cohu’s independent registered public accounting firm since 1956. Our Board recommends that the stockholders approve the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Cohu’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2025. If the appointment is not ratified, the Audit Committee will consider whether it should select another independent registered public accounting firm.

Required Vote

A majority of the votes cast is required to approve Proposal No. 3. If you hold your shares through a broker and you do not instruct the broker on how to vote on this “routine” proposal, your broker will nevertheless have authority to vote your shares on this “routine” proposal in your broker’s discretion. Abstentions will have no effect on the approval of this proposal.

Recommendation of the Board

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| Voting and Meeting Information |

General Information

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Cohu, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Cohu”), of your proxy for use at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time (the