---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-124505"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRT"
cik: "0000933034"
company_name: "STRATTEC SECURITY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T02:36:54.396100+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Strattec appoints Matthew Pauli as CFO effective Nov 13; Bowe stays as advisor

## Summary
- Matthew Pauli named SVP & CFO; previously Executive Advisor & CFO of CentroMotion.
- Pauli joins from CentroMotion; 24 years of finance experience including Enerpac and Ernst & Young.
- Dennis Bowe, current CFO, remains in advisory role through February 7, 2025 to aid transition.
- Pauli's base salary set at $470,000; sign-on equity grant of $200,000 in restricted stock.
- Eligible for annual bonus target of 60% base salary in FY2025; equity plan participation from FY2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-124505
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRT
- cik: 0000933034
- company_name: STRATTEC SECURITY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933034/000095017024124505/0000950170-24-124505-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933034/000095017024124505/strt-20241111.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-124505
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-124505.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-124505.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Pauli was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at STRATTEC SECURITY CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors has appointed Matthew Pauli as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 13, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933034/000095017024124505/0000950170-24-124505-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dennis Bowe changed role as Chief Financial Officer at STRATTEC SECURITY CORP.
  - Action: transitioned to advisory role
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company will continue to employ Dennis Bowe, who served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from September 1, 2022 through November 12, 2024, through February 7, 2025 to assist in the transition in an advisory role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933034/000095017024124505/0000950170-24-124505-index.htm

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