qcom-20210518

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 18, 2021

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

QUALCOMM Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


			000-19528						95-3685934
			(Commission File Number)						(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California

92121

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

858-587-1121

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	QCOM	Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) As previously disclosed, effective January 4, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of QUALCOMM Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Cristiano R. Amon, the Company’s President, as CEO-elect, to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and President following the retirement of Steve Mollenkopf as CEO effective June 30, 2021. Additionally, as previously disclosed, Mr. Mollenkopf has resigned from the Board effective June 30, 2021. On May 18, 2021, the Board elected Mr. Amon to the Board, for a term of office that begins on June 30, 2021 and expires at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders. There was not and is not any arrangement or understanding between Mr. Amon and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Amon was selected as a director. The Board has not appointed, and does not expect to appoint, Mr. Amon to serve on any of its standing committees. Mr. Amon will not receive any compensation for his service as a director.

Mr. Amon is the brother of Rogerio Amon, who currently serves as a Vice President, Program Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Rogerio Amon’s compensation is described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 8, 2021. We do not view Mr. Amon as having an interest in the compensation of Rogerio Amon that is material to him or the Company.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Date:

May 21, 2021

By:

/s/ Donald J. Rosenberg

Donald J. Rosenberg

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

QUALCOMM Incorporated filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update