---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-119761"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESE"
cik: "0000866706"
company_name: "ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:39:40.747597+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESCO Tech director Stolze to retire; FY24 equity awards granted to CEO, CFO, GC

## Summary
- Director James M. Stolze to retire at 2024 annual meeting; board reduces from 8 to 7 seats.
- Janice L. Hess reclassified to same class as Stolze, term expires at 2024 meeting.
- CEO Sayler awarded 7,627 RSUs and 7,627 target PSUs (max 15,254); performance metrics: EBITDA (60%), ROIC (40%), TSR modifier.
- CFO Tucker granted 3,023 RSUs and target PSUs; GC Schatz granted 1,538 RSUs and target PSUs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-119761
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESE
- cik: 0000866706
- company_name: ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-20T23:59:59+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/866706/000110465923119761/0001104659-23-119761-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923119761/tm2331080d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-119761
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-119761.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-119761.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James M. Stolze retired as Director at ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 14, 2023, director James M. Stolze notified the Company’s Board of Directors that he would retire from the Board effective upon the expiration of his current term at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465923119761/0001104659-23-119761-index.htm

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