---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000882835-22-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROP"
cik: "0000882835"
company_name: "ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T22:12:32.284031+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director John F. Fort III to retire from Roper board; board size to 9

## Summary
- John F. Fort III notified the company of his retirement effective as of the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- Fort has served as a director since 1995 and is retiring under the company's Corporate Governance Guidelines.
- Board size will be reduced from 10 to 9 directors upon Fort's retirement.
- No replacement director named; retirement is planned and not due to any disagreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000882835-22-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROP
- cik: 0000882835
- company_name: ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882835/000088283522000016/0000882835-22-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882835/000088283522000016/rop-20220315.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000882835-22-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000882835-22-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000882835-22-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John F. Fort III departed as Director at ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 15, 2022, John F. Fort III notified Roper Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective as of the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in accordance with the director retirement requirements in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882835/000088283522000016/0000882835-22-000016-index.htm

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