Advanced Micro Devices Inc 8-K, filed Jan 20, 2026
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)
8-K
2026-01-20
For: 2026-01-16
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About this 8-K
Advanced Micro Devices Inc filed this 8-K on January 20, 2026, reporting on events of January 16, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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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.
Appointment of Director
On January 16, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the "Company") approved the increase in the size of the Board from eight directors to nine directors and appointed Ms. KC McClure as a director to the Board to fill the resulting vacancy. In addition, Ms. McClure was appointed to the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board.
The Board has determined that Ms. McClure qualifies as an independent director for purposes of the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market as well as applicable rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Ms. McClure will receive compensation based on the same policies as the Company’s other non-employee directors, which are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on March 28, 2025 with the SEC and in the Company’s Outside Director Equity Compensation Policy attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 5, 2025. On January 16, 2026, Ms. McClure was granted 1,278 restricted stock units. The grant becomes fully vested and exercisable on the one-year anniversary of the grant date.
Ms. McClure is expected to enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnity agreement in the form filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 10, 2008.
A copy of the press release announcing Ms. McClure’s appointment to the Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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.
| Date: January 20, 2026 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | ||||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Ava Hahn | ||||||||||||||||
Name: | Ava Hahn | ||||||||||||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||||
Contact:
Brandi Martina
AMD Communications
(512) 705-1720
brandi.martina@amd.com
Liz Stein
AMD Investor Relations
AMD Investor Relations
(720) 652-3965
liz.stine@amd.com
AMD Appoints KC McClure to Board of Directors
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — January 20, 2025 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the appointment of KC McClure to its board of directors.
McClure most recently served as a senior advisor to Accenture and was previously Chief Financial Officer of Accenture from 2019 to 2024. Throughout her more than 37-year tenure at Accenture, McClure held multiple finance and accounting leadership roles, including overseeing financial operations and investor relations.
“We are delighted to welcome KC to AMD’s Board of Directors,” said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO. “KC is a proven finance leader whose operating expertise and global perspective will be an asset as we execute our strategy and extend AMD’s leadership in high-performance and AI computing.”
McClure holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and business administration from Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business. She currently serves on the Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors and on the board of Goldman Sachs.
About AMD
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