secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC (ESE)
CIK:        0000866706
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-23-001859
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO succession effective: Richey retires, becomes Executive Chairman; Sayler named CEO & President
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- Victor L. Richey retired as CEO & President Dec 31, 2022; assumed Executive Chairman Jan 1, 2023.
- Bryan H. Sayler succeeded to CEO and President effective Jan 1, 2023; also appointed Class I director.
- Board size increased from 8 to 9; James Stolze remains Lead Director.
- Richey receives $650K base salary, reduced cash incentive ($487,500 prorated), and 17,241 RSUs ($1.5M) vesting Dec 31, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923001859/0001104659-23-001859-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923001859/tm232264d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-001859

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