---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874716-23-000092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IDXX"
cik: "0000874716"
company_name: "IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE"
filed_at: "2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:40:49.266536+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IDEXX Laboratories elects Irene Chang Britt to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Irene Chang Britt elected as independent Class I Director, effective July 11, 2023.
- She will serve on the Audit Committee and Compensation and Talent Committee.
- Board size increased from 10 to 11 directors; she will stand for election at 2024 annual meeting.
- Former Campbell Soup executive (President/Divisional CEO, Pepperidge Farm) and current director at Brighthouse Financial and Victoria's Secret.
- Director compensation updated: cash retainer raised to $90,000, equity award to $250,000 annually.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874716-23-000092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IDXX
- cik: 0000874716
- company_name: IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE
- filed_at: 2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471623000092/0000874716-23-000092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471623000092/idxx-20230711.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874716-23-000092
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874716-23-000092.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874716-23-000092.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Irene Chang Britt was elected as Class I Director at IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On July 11, 2023 the board of directors (the “Board”) of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Irene Chang Britt as an independent Class I Director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471623000092/0000874716-23-000092-index.htm

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