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Issuer:     AMETEK INC/ (AME)
CIK:        0001037868
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001037868-26-000151
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000151/0001037868-26-000151-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000151/ame-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037868-26-000151

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