---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-113501"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HURC"
cik: "0000315374"
company_name: "HURCO COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:57:41.720696+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Executive Chairman Michael Doar to retire; will become non-executive Chairman after 2026 shareholder meeting

## Summary
- Michael Doar will retire as Executive Chairman effective at the 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Doar will stand for re-election as director; if re-elected, will serve as non-executive Chairman.
- Doar has been with Hurco since 2000, serving as CEO for 20 years and Executive Chairman.
- Retirement is for personal reasons consistent with long-term succession planning, not a disagreement.
- Board thanks Doar for over two decades of leadership; CEO Greg Volovic and CFO Sonja McClelland remain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-113501
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HURC
- cik: 0000315374
- company_name: HURCO COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-18T23:59:59+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/315374/000110465925113501/0001104659-25-113501-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000110465925113501/hurc-20251112x8k.htm

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