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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;6, 2023 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SEMTECH CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">95-2119684</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Flynn Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Camarillo, California 93012-8790 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Semtech Corporation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2017
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Paul Pickle </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President
and Chief Executive Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Semtech Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Flynn Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Camarillo, California 93012-8790 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(805) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">498-2111</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>COPY TO: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffrey
Walbridge, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>O&#146;Melveny&nbsp;&amp; Myers LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Newport Beach, California 92660 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement is filed by Semtech Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;) to register additional
securities issuable pursuant to the Semtech Corporation 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein
by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312517355824/d498175ds8.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></A>, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;29, 2017 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-221810);</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894123000006/smtc-20230129.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for its fiscal year ended January&nbsp;29, 2023, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2023 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06395);</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The portions of the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523126898/d436698ddef14a.htm">April&nbsp;28,
 2023</A>, that are incorporated by reference in Part III of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for its fiscal year ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894123000006/smtc-20230129.htm">January&nbsp;29,
 2023</A> (each, Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06395);</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for its fiscal
quarters ended April&nbsp;30, 2023, July&nbsp;30, 2023, and October&nbsp;29, 2023, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894123000016/smtc-20230430.htm">June&nbsp;
7, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894123000022/smtc-20230730.htm">September&nbsp;
13, 2023</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894123000029/smtc-20231029.htm">December&nbsp;6, 2023</A>, respectively (each, Commission File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06395);</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed with the
Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000095010323003167/dp189444_8k.htm">February&nbsp;27, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523071869/d482480d8k.htm">March&nbsp;16, 2023</A>
(with respect to Item 5.02 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523074463/d447283d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
20, 2023</A> (with respect to Item 1.01 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523079379/d413903d8ka.htm">March&nbsp;27, 2023</A> (amending the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523007227/d445992d8k.htm">January&nbsp;
12, 2023</A>), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523104337/d460598d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
18, 2023</A> (with respect to Item 5.02 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523156620/d406852d8k.htm">May&nbsp;
30, 2023</A> (with respect to Item 5.02 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523164465/d499083d8k.htm">June&nbsp;
9, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523179636/d442746d8k.htm">June&nbsp;
30, 2023</A> (with respect to Item 5.02 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523231568/d485280d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
8, 2023</A> (with respect to Item 5.02 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523235323/d537107d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
14, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523238589/d523161d8k.htm">September&nbsp;20, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000095010323015115/dp201541_8k.htm">October&nbsp;19, 2023</A>
(with respect to Item 1.01 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000095010323015416/dp201833_8k.htm">October&nbsp;
26, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312523277116/d897472d8k.htm">November&nbsp;
14, 2023</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894123000025/smtc-20231201.htm">December&nbsp;4, 2023</A> (each, Commission File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06395</FONT> and in each case only as to the information &#147;filed&#148; with the Commission thereunder for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and not as to information &#147;furnished&#148; thereunder); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;),
contained in its Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/0001021408-98-000478.txt">July&nbsp;16, 1998</A> (Commission File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-14663),</FONT> as modified by the description of the Common Stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000008894120000003/smtc-01262020xex41.htm">Exhibit 4.1</A> to the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for its fiscal year ended January&nbsp;26, 2020, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2020 (each, Commission File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06395),</FONT> and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or </P>
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deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See the attached Exhibit Index at page 7, which is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Semtech Corporation 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated. (Filed as <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88941/000119312522173847/d321010dex101.htm">Exhibit 10.1</A> to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2022 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06395)</FONT> and incorporated herein by this reference.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d608911dex5.htm">Opinion of O&#146;Melveny&nbsp;&amp; Myers LLP (opinion re legality). </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul Pickle</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paul Pickle</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive
Officer</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Paul Pickle and Mark Lin, and each of them, acting individually and without
the other, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place,
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul Pickle</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paul Pickle</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Martin S.J. Burvill</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SEMTECH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-2119684
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 Flynn Road
Camarillo, California 93012-8790
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Semtech Corporation
2017
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Paul Pickle
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Semtech Corporation
200 Flynn Road
Camarillo, California 93012-8790
(805)
498-2111
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
COPY TO:
Jeffrey
Walbridge, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700
Newport Beach, California 92660
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☑
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☐
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed by Semtech Corporation (the "Company" or "Registrant") to register additional
securities issuable pursuant to the Semtech Corporation 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan") and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form
S-8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8
will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein
by reference:
(a)
The Company's Registration Statement on
Form
S-8
, filed with the Commission on November 29, 2017 (Commission File
No. 333-221810);
(b)
The Company's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for its fiscal year ended January 29, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2023 (Commission File
No. 001-06395);
(c)
The portions of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on
April 28,
 2023
, that are incorporated by reference in Part III of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for its fiscal year ended
January 29,
 2023
(each, Commission File
No. 001-06395);
(d)
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q
for its fiscal
quarters ended April 30, 2023, July 30, 2023, and October 29, 2023, filed with the Commission on
June 
7, 2023
,
September 
13, 2023
, and
December 6, 2023
, respectively (each, Commission File
No. 001-06395);
(e)
The Company's Current Reports on Form
8-K,
filed with the
Commission on
February 27, 2023
,
March 16, 2023
(with respect to Item 5.02 only),
March 
20, 2023
(with respect to Item 1.01 only),
March 27, 2023
(amending the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on
January 
12, 2023
),
April 
18, 2023
(with respect to Item 5.02 only),
May 
30, 2023
(with respect to Item 5.02 only),
June 
9, 2023
,
June 
30, 2023
(with respect to Item 5.02 only),
September 
8, 2023
(with respect to Item 5.02 only),
September 
14, 2023
,
September 20, 2023
,
October 19, 2023
(with respect to Item 1.01 only),
October 
26, 2023
,
November 
14, 2023
, and
December 4, 2023
(each, Commission File
No. 001-06395
and in each case only as to the information "filed" with the Commission thereunder for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and not as to information "furnished" thereunder); and
(f)
The description of the Company's Common Stock par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),
contained in its Registration Statement on Form
8-A,
filed with the Commission on
July 16, 1998
(Commission File
No. 000-14663),
as modified by the description of the Common Stock contained in
Exhibit 4.1
to the
Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for its fiscal year ended January 26, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 20, 2020 (each, Commission File
No. 001-06395),
and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or
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deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See the attached Exhibit Index at page 7, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.
Semtech Corporation 2017 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated. (Filed as
Exhibit 10.1
to the Company's Current
Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on June 14, 2022 (Commission File
No. 001-06395)
and incorporated herein by this reference.)
5.
Opinion of O'Melveny & Myers LLP (opinion re legality).
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
24.
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").
107.
Filing Fee Table
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Form
S-8
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Camarillo, State of California, on
December 6, 2023.
SEMTECH CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Paul Pickle
Paul Pickle
President and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Paul Pickle and Mark Lin, and each of them, acting individually and without
the other, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place,
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul Pickle
Paul Pickle
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 6, 2023
/s/ Mark Lin
Mark Lin
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
December 6, 2023
/s/ Martin S.J. Burvill
Martin S.J. Burvill
Director
December 6, 2023
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Rodolpho C. Cardenuto
Rodolpho C. Cardenuto
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Gregory M. Fischer
Gregory M. Fischer
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Saar Gillai
Saar Gillai
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Rockell N. Hankin
Rockell N. Hankin
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Dr. Hong Q. Hou
Dr. Hong Q. Hou
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Ye Jane Li
Ye Jane Li
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Paula LuPriore
Paula LuPriore
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Sylvia Summers
Sylvia Summers
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Paul V. Walsh, Jr.
Paul V. Walsh, Jr.
Director
December 6, 2023
/s/ Julie Garcia Ruehl
Julie Garcia Ruehl
Director
December 6, 2023
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