# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000804328
**File Stem:** 0000804328-26-000043
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 17973
**Document Hash:** d485d7a75e1ebdda6c943326dfdb973b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000804328-26-000043.hdr.sgml**: 20260319

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000804328-26-000043

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260319

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260319

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260319

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** QUALCOMM INC/DE
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000804328
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 953685934
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0927

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-294434
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26774283

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5775 MOREHOUSE DR
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92121
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8585871121

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5775 MOREHOUSE DR
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92121

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2026

Registration No. 333-______

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

**QUALCOMM Incorporated**

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

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** |  | **95-3685934** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)** |  | **(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |
|  | **5775 Morehouse Drive** |  |
|  | **San Diego, California 92121-1714** |  |
|  | **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  |
|  | **(Zip Code)** |  |
| **AMENDED AND RESTATED** | **AMENDED AND RESTATED** | **AMENDED AND RESTATED** |
| **QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2023 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN** | **QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2023 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN** | **QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2023 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN** |
| **(Full title of the plan)** | **(Full title of the plan)** | **(Full title of the plan)** |
| **Ann Chaplin** | **Ann Chaplin** | **Ann Chaplin** |
| **Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary** | **Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary** | **Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary** |
| **QUALCOMM Incorporated** | **QUALCOMM Incorporated** | **QUALCOMM Incorporated** |
| **5775 Morehouse Drive** | **5775 Morehouse Drive** | **5775 Morehouse Drive** |
| **San Diego, California, 92121-1714** | **San Diego, California, 92121-1714** | **San Diego, California, 92121-1714** |
| **(Name and address of agent for service)** | **(Name and address of agent for service)** | **(Name and address of agent for service)** |
| **858-587-1121** | **858-587-1121** | **858-587-1121** |
| **(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)** | **(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)** | **(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," "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 | □ | 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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**<u>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8 EXPLANATORY NOTE</u>**

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, QUALCOMM Incorporated (the "Company") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 24,000,000 additional shares of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, for issuance under the Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Restated 2023 LTIP"). The Restated 2023 LTIP was approved by the stockholders of the Company on March 17, 2026. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on March 8, 2023 (SEC File No. 333-270358), March 11, 2024 (SEC File No. 333-277824), and March 20, 2025 (SEC File No. 333-285956) to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference herein or therein.

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**<u>PART II</u>**

**<u>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</u>**

Item 3. <u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</u>

The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Company's Annual Report on <u>[Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432825000085/qcom-20250928.htm)</u> for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2025 (the "Annual Report"), filed with the Commission on November 5, 2025, including the portions of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on January 22, 2026, that are incorporated by reference into the Annual Report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Any other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in <u>[Exhibit 4.15](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000172894919000072/qcom092919ex415.htm)</u> of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2019, filed with the Commission on November 6, 2019, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Document(s)"); provided, however, that the documents listed above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall cease to be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from and after the filing of such Annual Report.

Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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. <u>Exhibits</u>

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 4.1 | <u>[Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 7, 2024)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432824000020/qcom030524ex31.htm)</u> |
| 4.2 | <u>[Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 10, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432825000096/ex32amendedandrestatedbyla.htm)</u> |
| 5.1\* | <u>[Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US)](qcom31926ex-51.htm)</u> |
| 23.1 | <u>[Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)](qcom31926ex-51.htm)</u> |
| 23.2\* | <u>[Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP](qcom31926ex-232.htm)</u> |
| 24 | <u>[Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this Registration Statement)](#ic02965461e69460aa5d381355e0c06ed_22)</u> |
| 99.1 | <u>[Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on January 22, 2026)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000110465926005781/tm2528704-1_def14a.htm#tABAR)</u> |
| 107\* | <u>[Filing Fee Table](exfilingfees.htm)</u> |
| \* | Filed herewith |

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**<u>SIGNATURE</u>**

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 San Diego, State of California, on March 19, 2026.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| By: | /s/ Cristiano R. Amon |
|  | Cristiano R. Amon |
|  | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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**<u>SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY</u>**

The officers and directors of QUALCOMM Incorporated whose signatures appear below hereby constitute and appoint Cristiano R. Amon and Akash Palkhiwala, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with the power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan and any amendment or amendments thereto, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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/ Cristiano R. Amon | President and Chief Executive Officer, and Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Cristiano R. Amon | (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Akash Palkhiwala | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer | March 19, 2026 |
| Akash Palkhiwala | (Principal Financial Officer) |  |
| /s/ Patricia Y. Grech | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | March 19, 2026 |
| Patricia Y. Grech | (Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/ Sylvia Acevedo | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Sylvia Acevedo |  |  |
| /s/ Mark Fields | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Mark Fields |  |  |
| /s/ Jeffrey W. Henderson | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Jeffrey W. Henderson |  |  |
| /s/ Jeremy (Zico) Kolter | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Jeremy (Zico) Kolter |  |  |
| /s/ Ann M. Livermore | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Ann M. Livermore |  |  |
| /s/ Mark D. McLaughlin | Chair of the Board | March 19, 2026 |
| Mark D. McLaughlin |  |  |
| /s/ Jamie S. Miller | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Jamie S. Miller |  |  |
| /s/ Marie Myers | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Marie Myers |  |  |
| /s/ Irene B. Rosenfeld | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Irene B. Rosenfeld |  |  |
| /s/ Jean-Pascal Tricoire | Director | March 19, 2026 |
| Jean-Pascal Tricoire |  |  |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

**DLA Piper LLP (US)**

4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100

San Diego, California 92121-2133

T: (858) 677-1400

F: (858) 677-1401

www.dlapiper.com

March 19, 2026

QUALCOMM Incorporated

5775 Morehouse Dr.

San Diego, CA 92121-1714

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As legal counsel for QUALCOMM Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), we are rendering this opinion in connection with the registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of 24,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the "Shares"), of the Company which may be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Restated 2023 LTIP").

We have examined all instruments, documents and records which we deemed relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We express no opinion concerning any law other than the corporation laws of the State of Delaware and the federal law of the United States.

Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that the Shares which may be issued under the Restated 2023 LTIP, when issued against receipt of the consideration therefor in accordance with the provisions of the Restated 2023 LTIP, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement referred to above and the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above, and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Shares, or the Registration Statement. This opinion is rendered as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you of any fact, circumstance, event or development that may hereafter be brought to our attention whether or not such occurrence would alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ DLA Piper LLP (US)

DLA Piper LLP (US)

## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2**

**<u>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of QUALCOMM Incorporated of our report dated November 5, 2025 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in QUALCOMM Incorporated's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 28, 2025.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Diego, California

March 19, 2026

## Ex-Filing

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**Exhibit 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Tables**

**FORM S-8**

(Form Type)

**QUALCOMM Incorporated** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities | Table 1: Newly Registered Securities |
| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation Rule | Amount Registered (1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (2) | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Equity (3) | Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | Other (2) | 24000000 | $130.40 | $3129600000 | 0.0001381 | $432197.76 |
| Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts |  | $3129600000 |  | $432197.76 |
| Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets |  |  |  | $0.00 |
| Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due |  |  |  | $432197.76 |

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1. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 covers any additional securities to be offered or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions or pursuant to anti-dilution adjustments.

2. Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's shares of common stock on March 16, 2026, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

3. Represents additional shares of the Registrant's common stock issuable under the Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan.