---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-016041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLIO"
cik: "0001024795"
company_name: "HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:33:56.498293+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helios Technologies appoints Rick Martich as President of Hydraulics, Americas

## Summary
- Martich, 52, previously Interim President of CVT and SVP Global Operations, brings 25+ years experience.
- Appointment effective April 26, 2023; no family relationship with any director or executive officer.
- Standard Executive Officer Continuity, Severance, and Indemnification Agreements entered; severance includes 12-month base salary continuation.
- Martich holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from University of Tulsa.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-016041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLIO
- cik: 0001024795
- company_name: HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+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/1024795/000095017023016041/0000950170-23-016041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/000095017023016041/hlio-20230426.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-016041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rick Martich was appointed as President of Hydraulics, Americas at HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President of Hydraulics, Americas
  source text: On April 26, 2023, the Board of Directors of Helios Technologies, Inc. (the “ Company ”), appointed Rick Martich to the corporate officer position of President of Hydraulics, Americas.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/000095017023016041/0000950170-23-016041-index.htm

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