---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037868-26-000151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AME"
cik: "0001037868"
company_name: "AMETEK INC/"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:30:21.083905+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMETEK appoints former Hexcel CEO Nick L. Stanage to board of directors

## Summary
- Stanage appointed as independent Class III director effective May 7, 2026, term until 2027 annual meeting.
- Annual non-employee director retainer of $120,000, paid pro rata for 2026; equity award target value $210,000 pro rata.
- Former Chairman & CEO of Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL), retired Nov 2024; also serves on boards of Huntington Ingalls and TriMas.
- No arrangement or understanding with any other person led to his appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037868-26-000151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AME
- cik: 0001037868
- company_name: AMETEK INC/
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+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/1037868/000103786826000151/0001037868-26-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000151/ame-20260507.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037868-26-000151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037868-26-000151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037868-26-000151.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nick L. Stanage was appointed as Class III Director at AMETEK INC/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: Nick L. Stanage was appointed to the Board of Directors of AMETEK, Inc., or the "Company" effective May 7, 2026 to serve as a Class III Director until the 2027 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000151/0001037868-26-000151-index.htm

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