Company: COHU
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-010672
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Company: COHU INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 an officer or employee of Cohu. During fiscal year 2024, no member of the Compensation Committee had any relationship with Cohu requiring disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K. None of Cohu’s executive officers serves, or in fiscal year 2024 has served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving on Cohu’s Board or Compensation Committee.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

The Compensation Committee previously undertook, in consultation with Compensia, a review of its executive agreements. The objective of this review was to independently assess best practices and develop standard agreements to be implemented as the Compensation Committee deemed appropriate among the Company’s executive officers. The Compensation Committee approved a form of executive severance agreement (the “Severance Agreement”) and form of change in control agreement (the “Change in Control Agreement”) for certain of the Company’s executive officers (each, an “Executive”), as described below. The Company first entered into the Severance Agreements and Change in Control Agreements on September 8, 2020.

The Severance Agreement provides that if an Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, or additionally only in the case of our CEO, if he voluntarily resigns for Good Reason, then, subject to the Executive’s continued compliance with the obligations set forth in the Executive’s Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement and the Executive’s signing and not revoking a separation agreement and release of claims in favor of Cohu, the Executive would be entitled to: (1) any expense reimbursements, wages and other benefits due to Executive under any Company-provided plans, policies and arrangements (the “Accrued Amounts”); (2) a lump sum payment equal to a multiplier (as summarized below) multiplied by the Executive’s annual base salary; and (3) reimbursement for the Executive’s COBRA continuation premiums for the Premium Payment Period (as summarized below). If an Executive’s employment with the Company terminates (A) voluntarily by the Executive (other than for Good Reason in the case of our CEO), (B) for Cause by the Company, or (C) due to Executive’s death or disability, the Executive would not be entitled to receive any severance payments, but in the event of death their estate would be eligible for a pro-rata incentive bonus for the year in which the termination date occurs.

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The Change in Control Agreement provides that