# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000319201
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-024124
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 18622
**Document Hash:** 063fa422f00309301905369c6c750fed
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-024124.hdr.sgml**: 20230203

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-024124

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 4

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230203

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230203

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230203

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** KLA CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000319201
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 042564110
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-269556
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23585804

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
- **CITY:** MILPITAS
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95035
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4088753000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
- **CITY:** MILPITAS
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95035

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** KLA TENCOR CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970505

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** KLA INSTRUMENTS CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2023** 

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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**FORM S-8** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

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## KLA CORPORATION
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **04-2564110** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br> **incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |
| **One Technology Drive, Milpitas, California** | **95035** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP")** 

**(Full title of the plan)** 

**Mary Beth Wilkinson** 

**Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary** 

**KLA Corporation** 

**One Technology Drive, Milpitas, California 95035** 

**(Name and address of agent for service)** 

**(408) 875-3000** 

**(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)** 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large Accelerated Filer | ☒ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**Explanatory Note** 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by KLA Corporation (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose of registering an additional 419,897 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, for issuance pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-22939 filed with Commission on March 7, 1997 are incorporated herein by reference.

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**PART II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** 

The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the Commission:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The Registrant's Annual Report on [Form 10-K](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920122000023/klac-20220630.htm) filed with the Commission on August 5, 2022, pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K from our [Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312522249165/d375882ddef14a.htm) , filed with the SEC on September 22, 2022;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended [September 30, 2022](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000162828022027311/klac-20220930.htm) and [December 31, 2022](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920123000010/klac-20221231.htm) , respectively;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on [August 5, 2022](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312522213582/d367870d8k.htm) and [November 4, 2022](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312522277886/d381333d8k.htm) .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) All other reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (1) above; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock as set forth in the Registration Statement filed by the
Registrant on Form 8-A on March 29, 1989 (File No. 000-09992) pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), and any amendments or reports thereto filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description, including [Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-A](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/0000891618-95-000563.txt) filed September 25, 1995 and [Amendment No. 2 to Form 8-A](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/0000891618-96-002117.txt) filed
September 24, 1996.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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**Item 8. Exhibits.** 

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | |
| <br>**Exhibit<br>Number** | <br>**Description** | **Form** | **Exhibit** | **File No.** | **Filing Date** | <br>**Filed<br>Herewith** |
| 5.1 | [Opinion of Jeffrey S. Cannon, Esq.](d457385dex51.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.1 | [Consent of independent registered public accounting firm](d457385dex231.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.2 | [Consent of Jeffrey S. Cannon, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)](d457385dex51.htm) |  |  |  |  |  |
| 24.1 | [Power of Attorney (included on signature page)](#sig) |  |  |  |  |  |
| 99.1 | [Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920117000035/amendedandrestated1997espp.htm) | S-8 | 99.1 | 333-219734 | August 4, 2017 |  |
| 107.1 | [Filing Fee Table](d457385dexfilingfees.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milpitas, State of California, on the 3<sup>rd</sup> day of February, 2023.

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|:---|:---|
| **KLA CORPORATION** | **KLA CORPORATION** |
| By: | /s/ Richard Wallace |
| Name: | Richard Wallace |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the undersigned officers and directors of KLA Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Bren Higgins and Mary Beth Wilkinson or any one of them, the lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent determines may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Richard Wallace | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) | February 3, 2023 |
| RICHARD WALLACE | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Bren Higgins | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | February 3, 2023 |
| BREN HIGGINS | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Virendra Kirloskar | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) | February 3, 2023 |
| VIRENDRA KIRLOSKAR | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Robert Calderoni | Chairman of the Board | February 3, 2023 |
| ROBERT CALDERONI | Chairman of the Board | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Jeneanne Hanley | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| JENEANNE HANLEY | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Emiko Higashi | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| EMIKO HIGASHI | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Kevin Kennedy | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| KEVIN KENNEDY | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Gary Moore | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| GARY MOORE | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Marie Myers | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| MARIE MYERS | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Kiran Patel | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| KIRAN PATEL | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Victor Peng | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| VICTOR PENG | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| /s/ Robert Rango | Director | February 3, 2023 |
| ROBERT RANGO | Director | February 3, 2023 |

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**EXHIBIT INDEX** 

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|  |  | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** |  |
| **Exhibit<br>Number** | **Description** | **Form** | **Exhibit** | **File No.** | **Filing Date** | **Filed<br>Herewith** |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Jeffrey S. Cannon, Esq. |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.2 | Consent of Jeffrey S. Cannon, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1) |  |  |  |  |  |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page) |  |  |  |  |  |
| 99.1 | Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan | S-8 | 99.1 | 333-219734 | August 4, 2017 |  |
| 107.1 | Filing Fee Table |  |  |  |  | X |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1** 

**OPINION OF JEFFREY S. CANNON, ESQ.** 

**February 3, 2023** 

KLA Corporation

One Technology Drive

Milpitas, California 95035

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| **Re:** | **Registration Statement on Form S-8**  |

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

KLA Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), an additional 419,897 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance under the Company's Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"), as described in the Registration Statement. The additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP are referred to herein as the "Shares."

I have acted as Associate General Counsel to the Company with respect to the issuance of this opinion and, as such counsel, I have examined such documents and such matters of fact and law that I have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering the opinion expressed herein. In such examinations, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as conformed or photostatic copies.

Based on the foregoing, I am of the opinion that when the Shares have been duly issued and delivered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the ESPP, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement.

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| Sincerely, |
| /s/ Jeffrey S. Cannon |
| JEFFREY S. CANNON |
| Associate General Counsel |
| Corporate, Securities and M&A |

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## Exhibit 23.1

**EXHIBIT 23.1** 

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of KLA Corporation of our report dated August 5, 2022 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in KLA Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2022.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California

February 3, 2023

## Ex-Filing

**EXHIBIT 107.1** 

**CALCULATION OF FILING FEES TABLE** 

**Form S-8** 

(Form Type)

**KLA CORPORATION** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

**<u>TABLE 1: Newly Registered Securities</u>**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Security Type | Security Class<br>Title | Fee<br>Calculation<br>Rule | Proposed Maximum<br>Aggregate Offering<br>Price ($) | Fee Rate | Amount of<br>Registration Fee<br>($) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Equity | Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<br> (Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share) | 457(c) and (h)419897<sup>(2)</sup>333.61<sup>(3)</sup> | 140081838.17<sup>(3)</sup> | .00011020 | 15437.02<sup>(3)</sup> |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Offering Amounts | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Offering Amounts | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Offering Amounts | 140081838.17 |  | 15437.02 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Fee Offsets | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Fee Offsets | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Fee Offsets |  |  | N/A |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net Fee Due | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net Fee Due | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net Fee Due |  |  | 15437.02 |

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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock that become issuable under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.

(2) Reflects an automatic increase to the number of shares of Registrant's common stock reserved for issuance
under the ESPP, which increase is provided for in the ESPP.

(3) Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of 85% of $392.48, which represents the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant's common stock on January 31, 2023, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market. Pursuant to the ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of the Registrant's common stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be at least 85% of the lower of the fair market value on (i) the first trading day of the offering period
or (ii) the purchase date.