wolfspeed-20220624

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 24, 2022

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


North Carolina	1-40863	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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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	WOLF	New York Stock Exchange

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).

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Item 8.01			Other Events.

On June 24, 2022, pursuant to the previously announced Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 18, 2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Purchase Agreement”), among Wolfspeed, Inc. (the “Company”), SMART Global Holdings, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SGH”), and CreeLED, Inc. (formerly known as Chili Acquisition, Inc.), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of SGH (“CreeLED” and collectively with SGH, “SMART”), CreeLED issued a promissory note for $101,823,704 in favor of the Company (the “Earnout Note”). As previously announced, on March 1, 2021, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and subsidiaries comprising its former LED Products segment (the “LED Business”) to SMART pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Earnout Note was issued based on the revenue and gross profit performance of the LED Business in the first four full fiscal quarters following the closing. The Earnout Note will accrue interest at a rate of the three-month LIBOR plus 3.0% with interest paid every three months, and one bullet payment of principal and all accrued and unpaid interest will be payable on the Earnout Note’s maturity date. The Earnout Note will mature on March 27, 2025.

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.


			WOLFSPEED, INC.


			By:						/s/ Neill P. Reynolds
									Neill P. Reynolds
									Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer