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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
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 18, 2021
CREE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina | 0-21154 | 56-1572719
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

4600 Silicon Drive |
Durham | North Carolina | 27703
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code)

(919) 407-5300
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.00125 par value | CREE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☐
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 | Other Events.

On February 19, 2021, Cree, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s completion of its previously announced “at the market” offering program (the “ATM Program”). The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The Company sold a total of $500 million under the ATM Program, which amount constitutes the maximum aggregate offering price of shares available for sale in the ATM Program. As a result, the Company does not have any common stock available for sale under its prospectus supplement, dated February 11, 2021, relating to the ATM Program.
The information in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such a filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

| Exhibit No. |  | Description of Exhibit
| 99.1 |  | Press Release dated February 1 9, 202 1
| 104 |  | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE
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.

| CREE, INC.
| By: |  | /s/ Neill P. Reynolds
|  |  | Neill P. Reynolds
|  |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 19, 2021