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NVIDIA Corp. disclosed Monday that Ajay K. Puri, its executive vice president of worldwide field operations, plans to retire after 21 years with the company. Puri will stay on in a senior advisory role until a successor begins work. The company has appointed Nicholas Parker, a 26-year Microsoft veteran, to replace Puri. Parker, 55, most recently served as executive vice president and chief business officer of Microsoft's worldwide sales and solutions organization. He starts August 24 and will receive a $1 million base salary, a $5 million sign-on bonus, and target annual cash variable compensation of $1.5 million. Parker also gets two equity grants: $35 million in restricted stock units vesting over four years and $5 million in performance-based RSUs tied to NVIDIA's total shareholder return against the S&P 500 over three years. The moves come as NVIDIA works to extend its AI infrastructure footprint.

Tesla filed an 8-K on July 2, 2026, announcing it had published a press release covering results of operations and financial condition. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is furnished under Item 2.02, meaning it is not deemed filed for SEC liability purposes. The filing was signed by General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Brandon Ehrhart. No specific financial figures are included in the 8-K itself; those are in the attached press release.

NVIDIA Corporation filed an 8-K on June 30, 2026, reporting the results of its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 24. Stockholders elected all ten director nominees. Each nominee received more than 14.5 billion votes for, with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang drawing the highest support at 16.65 billion for. The advisory vote on executive compensation passed with roughly 93.6% of votes cast in favor. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent auditor for fiscal 2027 carried with about 94.8% support. A non-binding stockholder proposal to replace supermajority voting provisions with a simple majority standard was approved, receiving about 86.8% of votes cast. Three other non-binding stockholder proposals failed. A request for a report on faith-based community resource groups received about 144 million votes for, less than 1% of votes cast. A proposal on civil rights and non-discrimination related to DEI got roughly 101 million votes for, also below 1%. A request for disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions from use of NVIDIA's sold products garnered about 2.94 billion votes for, roughly 17.6% of votes cast, falling short of approval.

Broadcom Inc. disclosed the pricing terms and results of its cash tender offers for certain debt securities in an 8-K filed June 18. The company issued two press releases on June 17. The first set the pricing terms for the offers. The second announced the expiration, upsize, and final results. The offers covered multiple series of outstanding notes. Broadcom did not specify the total dollar amount tendered or the exact securities in the filing itself, but the attached exhibits contain the full details. The move is part of Broadcom's ongoing liability management, likely aimed at reducing interest costs or extending maturities. The company's CFO, Amie Thuener, signed the filing.

NVIDIA closed a $25 billion bond offering on June 18, 2026, issuing notes across seven maturities from 2028 to 2056. Coupon rates range from 4.250% on the 2028 notes to 5.625% on the 2056 notes. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley led the underwriting. The offering was done under NVIDIA's existing shelf registration. The filing does not specify use of proceeds, but the company has been active in share buybacks and capital expenditure.

On June 12, Amazon closed a C$14 billion bond offering in five tranches, all denominated in Canadian dollars. The company sold C$1.25 billion of 3.400% notes maturing in 2029, C$2.5 billion of 3.700% notes due 2031, C$2.0 billion of 4.000% notes due 2033, C$3.5 billion of 4.350% notes due 2036 and C$4.75 billion of 5.000% notes due 2056. The aggregate public offering price was C$13.967 billion. After underwriting discounts but before other offering expenses, net proceeds came to roughly C$13.934 billion. The notes were issued under an indenture first signed in 2012 and later amended. Terms for each series were set by an officers' certificate dated June 12. The sale was registered under a shelf registration statement Amazon filed on Form S-3 in February 2026. Amazon will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, the company said in the underwriting agreement filed as an exhibit. The underwriters were not named in the 8-K summary, but the underwriting agreement itself lists them. The notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equally with Amazon's other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The offering closed on June 12, the same day the 8-K was filed.