<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000895419-21-000127.txt : 20211012
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20211012160128
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895419-21-000127
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211012
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211012

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WOLFSPEED, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				561572719
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0626

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40863
		FILM NUMBER:		211318604

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 SILICON DR
		CITY:			DURHAM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27703
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9194075300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 SILICON DR
		CITY:			DURHAM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27703-8475

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CREE, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20190808

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CREE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CREE RESEARCH INC /NC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940224
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<TYPE>DEFA14A
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<FILENAME>defa14a2021-proxysupplement.htm
<DESCRIPTION>PROXY STATEMENT SUPPLEMENT
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i0d8d1f8ba4374dc3a3ab785bf98d86d3_1"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.141%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.803%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.964%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.803%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.964%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.966%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="15" style="border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SCHEDULE 14A</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:231.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:90.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:36.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:90.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:6.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="12" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by the Registrant&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">x   </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check the appropriate box&#58;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Confidential, for use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Definitive Proxy Statement</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">x</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Definitive Additional Materials</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WOLFSPEED, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4600 Silicon Drive</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Durham, North Carolina</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROXY STATEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 25, 2021</font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This proxy statement supplement (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;), dated October 12, 2021, supplements the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) of Wolfspeed, Inc. (formerly known as Cree, Inc.) (&#8220;Wolfspeed&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;), dated September 13, 2021, furnished to holders of the Company&#8217;s common stock in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 25, 2021 (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;), or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Except as specifically supplemented by the information contained in this Supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement continues to apply and should be considered in voting your shares.</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE PROXY STATEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROXY STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Annual Meeting will be held virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com&#47;WOLFSPEED2021 (also accessible at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com&#47;CREE2021) and in person at the offices of the corporation in the Executive Conference Center, 4408 Silicon Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27703, on Monday, October 25, 2021, at 12&#58;00 p.m. local time. The record date for the determination of the holders of the Company&#8217;s common stock who are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting is August 27, 2021, which is the same record date specified in the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">We strongly encourage shareholders to attend virtually due to the ongoing public health and safety concerns posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">To minimize these potential risks, we will limit the number of shareholders to attend the Annual Meeting in person (on a first-come, first served basis) to the number we believe can fit safely in the meeting room and will implement reasonable procedures to adhere to local ordinances, the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and current best practices for social gatherings. The health of all our stakeholders is our top priority.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on October 25, 2021&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">The Annual Report, the Proxy Statement, and</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">this Supplement are available on the Internet at</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">www.wolfspeed.com&#47;annualmeeting</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s &#8220;Notice and Access&#8221; rules, we are furnishing proxy materials to our shareholders primarily via the Internet.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Beginning on or about September 15, 2021, we mailed to our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the &#8220;Notice&#8221;), containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials on the Internet, including our proxy statement and our Annual Report.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Notice also instructs you on how you can vote using the Internet and by telephone.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Other shareholders, in accordance with their prior requests, have received e-mail notification of how to access our proxy materials and vote via the Internet or by telephone, or have been mailed paper copies of our proxy materials and a proxy card or voting form.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Internet distribution of our proxy materials is designed to expedite receipt by shareholders, lower the cost of the Annual Meeting, and conserve natural resources.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If, however, you would prefer to receive printed proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If you have previously elected to receive our proxy materials electronically, you will continue to receive these materials via e-mail unless you elect otherwise.</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NAME AND EXCHANGE LISTING CHANGE</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Consistent with the Company&#8217;s previously announced plan, the Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">changed its corporate name effective on October 4, 2021 from &#8220;Cree, Inc.&#8221; to &#8220;Wolfspeed, Inc.&#8221; (the &#8220;Name Change&#8221;). In connection with the Name Change, at the opening of trading on October 4, 2021, the Company&#8217;s shares of common stock, $0.00125 par value per share, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the &#8220;NYSE&#8221;) under the ticker symbol &#8220;WOLF&#8221; (the &#8220;NYSE Exchange Transfer&#8221;). The Name Change and NYSE Exchange Transfer mark the culmination of a four-year transformation, involving the divestiture of two-thirds of the Company&#8217;s business and a repositioning of the Company&#8217;s overall core strategy to become a pure-play global semiconductor company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Updated Proxy Materials</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company does not intend to deliver updated proxy materials reflecting the Name Change. If you requested printed proxy materials, you can vote by completing and returning your original signed proxy card. To vote using your original proxy card, please mark, date and sign the card and return it by mail in the accompanying postage-paid envelope. You should mail your signed proxy card sufficiently in advance for it to be received by Sunday, October 24, 2021.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Independence of Directors</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A majority of the Board of Directors must be comprised of independent directors for the Company to comply with the corporate governance standards of the NYSE. Currently, the Board of Directors is composed of Messrs. Lowe, Hodge, Hosein, Jackson, Replogle, Riley and Werner and Mses. Dorchak and Le. In connection with the NYSE Exchange Transfer, the Board of Directors has determined that eight of the present directors&#8212;Messrs. Hodge, Hosein, Jackson, Replogle, Riley and Werner and Mses. Dorchak and Le&#8212;are each an &#8220;independent director&#8221; within the meaning of the NYSE rules. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">OTHER MATTERS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Other than as set forth above, no items presented in the Proxy Statement are affected by this Supplement, and you should carefully review the Proxy Statement prior to voting your shares. The Company knows of no matters to be submitted to the Annual Meeting other than those presented in the Proxy. If any other matters properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy card to vote the shares they represent in accordance with their best judgment on each of such matters.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:261pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By order of the Board of Directors, </font></div><div style="padding-left:261pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:261pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Bradley D. Kohn</font></div><div style="padding-left:261pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Durham, North Carolina</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 12, 2021</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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