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Issuer:     HURCO COMPANIES INC (HURC)
CIK:        0000315374
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-113501
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000110465925113501/0001104659-25-113501-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000110465925113501/hurc-20251112x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-113501

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