Synaptics Controller and Principal Accounting Officer Resigns; Kermit Nolan Named PAO
SYNA has more than doubled off its 52-week low of $58.28 on elevated volume (2.1× avg).
Summary
Synaptics' Principal Accounting Officer Esther Song resigned effective October 28, 2026, and former Chief Accounting Officer Kermit Nolan was named to replace her — the second senior finance departure since the CFO resigned in August, arriving weeks before the shareholder vote on the amended onsemi merger.
Key Events · Executive and Board Changes · SYNA
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Principal Accounting Officer Resigns
Esther Song resigned as VP, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer effective October 28, 2026, to pursue other opportunities; the company states the resignation was not due to any disagreement over operations, accounting or policies.
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Kermit Nolan Named PAO
Kermit Nolan, 67, the company's VP of Finance, becomes Principal Accounting Officer on October 28, 2026, with no additional compensation. He previously served as Chief Accounting Officer until retiring at the end of 2023.
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Second Finance Exit Since August
Follows CFO Ken Rizvi's immediate resignation disclosed August 21, 2026, after which CEO Rahul Patel served as principal financial officer. Nolan returned as a consultant on June 10, 2026 and became an employee September 1, 2026.
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Merger Vote Pending
The change lands ahead of the special meeting on the amended all-cash merger with ON Semiconductor at $123 per share (~$5.7B), for which a preliminary proxy was filed October 8, 2026.
Analysis · SYNA · Manufacturing
Synaptics is losing its Principal Accounting Officer, Esther Song, effective October 28, 2026, and handing the role to Kermit Nolan, a 67-year-old former Chief Accounting Officer who was brought back as a consultant in June and made an employee on September 1. The company says the resignation is not due to any disagreement over operations, accounting or policies, and Nolan receives no extra pay for the added role. The timing is what matters: this is the second senior finance departure in under two months, following CFO Ken Rizvi's immediate resignation on August 21, and it lands while the company is asking shareholders to approve an amended all-cash merger with ON Semiconductor at $123 per share. A clean, internally sourced backfill limits the disruption, but two finance-leadership exits during a pending merger vote is a governance detail shareholders will weigh at the special meeting.
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At the time of this filing, SYNA was trading at $117.55 on NASDAQ in the Manufacturing sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.7B. The 52-week trading range was $58.28 to $149.11. This filing was assessed with negative market sentiment and an importance score of 7 out of 10.