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): June 11, 2026
KLA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-09992 | 04-2564110 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Technology Drive Milpitas California | 95035 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 875-3000
(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 | Name of each exchange | ||
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | KLAC | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC | ||
| indicate by check | ||||
| The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On May 7, 2026, KLA Corporation (the “Company”) announced a ten-for-one forward stock split (the “Stock Split”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), to be effected through filing an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Company filed the Charter Amendment to effect the Stock Split and to proportionately increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock from 500,000,000 to 5,000,000,000. The Charter Amendment became effective at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 11, 2026.
The Charter Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which integrates the Charter Amendment and restates the existing Restated Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety, is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibits are filed herewith.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of KLA Corporation | |
| 3.2 | Restated Certificate of Incorporation of KLA Corporation | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
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.
| KLA CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: June 12, 2026 | By: | /s/ Mary Beth Wilkinson | ||||
| Name: | Mary Beth Wilkinson | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||||