---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001113169-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TROW"
cik: "0001113169"
company_name: "PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T07:12:59.065436+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# T. Rowe Price appoints Cynthia F. Smith as independent director

## Summary
- Board size increased from 11 to 12; Smith elected effective July 31, 2023.
- Smith appointed to Audit and Executive Compensation & Management Development Committees.
- Smith is SVP for regional business and distribution development at MetLife since 2016.
- Previously held CFO and other finance roles at MetLife; certified management accountant.
- Smith is independent under NASDAQ and SEC standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001113169-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TROW
- cik: 0001113169
- company_name: PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000035/0001113169-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000035/trow-20230731.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001113169-23-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001113169-23-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001113169-23-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cynthia F. Smith was elected as director at PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 31, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the number of directors from 11 to 12, and elected Ms. Cynthia F. Smith as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000035/0001113169-23-000035-index.htm

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