---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-083196"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOVT"
cik: "0001076930"
company_name: "NOVANTA INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:56:21.895756+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Novanta director Katherine Owen resigns; Mary Kay Ladone elected to board

## Summary
- Katherine A. Owen resigned from board and Audit Committee on July 11, 2024, effective immediately; no disagreement cited.
- Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Ladone elected to board to fill vacancy, effective July 11, 2024.
- Ladone will receive standard non-employee director compensation: $67,500 annual cash retainer and $200,000 in RSUs, prorated for 2024.
- Ladone will enter into Novanta's standard indemnification agreement for directors and officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-083196
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOVT
- cik: 0001076930
- company_name: NOVANTA INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024083196/0000950170-24-083196-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024083196/novt-20240711.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-083196.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Katherine A. Owen resigned as Director at NOVANTA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 11, 2024, Katherine A. Owen resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Novanta Inc. (the “Company”) and the Audit Committee of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024083196/0000950170-24-083196-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mary Kay Ladone was elected as Director at NOVANTA INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 11, 2024, the Board elected Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Ladone to the Board to fill the vacancy created by Ms. Owen’s resignation, effective July 11, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024083196/0000950170-24-083196-index.htm

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