---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-099248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESE"
cik: "0000866706"
company_name: "ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T11:36:07.030083+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESCO Technologies CEO succession: Vic Richey retiring, Bryan Sayler to become CEO and President

## Summary
- Vic Richey will retire as CEO and President effective Dec 31, 2022; will remain Executive Chairman until successor chosen.
- Bryan Sayler, currently President of Utility Solutions Group, appointed CEO and President effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Sayler has over 25 years at ESCO, led Utility Solutions Group since 2016, oversaw six acquisitions.
- Board increased size to nine and elected Sayler as Class I Director effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Sayler's compensation: base salary $715k, cash incentive target $715k, equity awards of $1.43M (200% of base).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-099248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESE
- cik: 0000866706
- company_name: ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-12T23:59:59+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/866706/000110465922099248/0001104659-22-099248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922099248/tm2225594d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099248
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099248.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099248.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Victor L. Richey resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Victor L. Richey, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, notified the Company’s Board of Directors that he intends to retire from the Company and resign his positions as its Chief Executive Officer and President effective December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922099248/0001104659-22-099248-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bryan H. Sayler was elected as Director at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Mr. Sayler as a director effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922099248/0001104659-22-099248-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bryan H. Sayler was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously appointed Bryan H. Sayler, age 56, to the offices of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465922099248/0001104659-22-099248-index.htm

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