Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain


          Officers.


Appointment of Director

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (the "Company") announces that the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company has appointed Emily Rollins to the Board, effective as of February 24, 2021, to serve until the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until her successor is duly elected and qualified. On February 25, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment, the full text of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Ms. Rollins served in various positions at Deloitte & Touche LLP since 1992, including as an Audit and Assurance Partner from 2006 until her retirement in September 2020. At Deloitte, Ms. Rollins served technology and media companies and guided hundreds of clients through complex audit and reporting processes. Ms. Rollins also served in positions of increasing responsibility, including leadership roles in Deloitte's US Technology, Media, and Telecommunications industry group, Audit Innovation and Transformation, and Diversity and Inclusion. She led firmwide initiatives to recruit, develop, and retain women and diverse professionals as well as transform and modernize Deloitte's audit platform. Ms. Rollins currently serves on the boards of several non-profit entities and associations. Ms. Rollins is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.A. degree in Accounting and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College.

The Board has affirmatively determined that Ms. Rollins is independent under the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ms. Rollins will be compensated for her service on the Board in accordance with the Company's standard compensation policy for non-employee directors, the terms of which were described in the section entitled "Compensation of Directors" in the Company's proxy statement for its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on December 18, 2020. In addition, Ms. Rollins will enter into the Company's standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which was filed with the SEC on November 19, 2004 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-120614).

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Rollins and any other persons pursuant to which she was elected as a director. In addition, Ms. Rollins is not a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Disclosure Channels to Disseminate Information

The Company disseminates information to the public about the Company, its products, services and other matters through various channels, including the Company's website (www.dolby.com), investor relations website (http://investor.dolby.com), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts, in order to achieve broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information to the public. The Company encourages investors and others to review the information it makes public through these channels, as such information could be deemed to be material information.


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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
  No.     Description

99.1        Press Release of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. dated February 25, 2021

104       Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in inline XBRL.

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