---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-026264"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLIO"
cik: "0001024795"
company_name: "HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:35:32.317186+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helios Technologies appoints Lee Wichlacz as President, Electronics segment

## Summary
- Lee Wichlacz appointed President, Electronics effective Dec. 7, 2022, a newly created corporate officer role.
- Wichlacz brings 35+ years experience; previously Group VP and GM - Americas at Welbilt and 21 years at GE Healthcare.
- CEO states Wichlacz will guide Electronics segment toward becoming a billion-dollar business over time.
- Standard severance agreement provides 12 months base salary, 100% of target STI, and medical benefits upon involuntary termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-026264
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLIO
- cik: 0001024795
- company_name: HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/000095017022026264/0000950170-22-026264-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/000095017022026264/hlio-20221207.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026264
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026264.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026264.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lee Wichlacz was appointed as President, Electronics at HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President, Electronics
  source text: On December 7, 2022, the Board of Directors of Helios Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Lee Wichlacz as President, Electronics.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/000095017022026264/0000950170-22-026264-index.htm

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