---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832101-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IEX"
cik: "0000832101"
company_name: "IDEX CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:56:08.720180+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IDEX appoints Paris Watts-Stanfield to Board, effective Feb 25, 2022

## Summary
- Paris Watts-Stanfield appointed as director, effective February 25, 2022; board expands from 10 to 11 members.
- She will serve on the Audit Committee; is VP & CFO Greater China at Medtronic.
- Background includes corporate finance roles at Medtronic, Alcoa, Walmart, and Procter & Gamble.
- Appointment supports IDEX's growth and ESG commitments per Chairman William Cook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832101-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IEX
- cik: 0000832101
- company_name: IDEX CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832101/000083210122000010/0000832101-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832101/000083210122000010/iex-20220223.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832101-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832101-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832101-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  L. Paris Watts-Stanfield was appointed as Director at IDEX CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 23, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of IDEX Corporation (the “Company”) appointed L. Paris Watts-Stanfield to serve as a member of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, effective February 25, 2022, increasing the size of the Board from 10 to 11 members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832101/000083210122000010/0000832101-22-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.