---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000542"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLS"
cik: "0000030625"
company_name: "FLOWSERVE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T03:20:36.802592+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowserve appoints Thomas Okray (Eaton CFO) to board; board size increased to 11

## Summary
- Thomas Okray, EVP and CFO of Eaton Corp, elected to Flowserve's board effective April 12, 2023.
- Okray appointed to the Audit Committee; qualifies as independent and audit committee financial expert.
- Board amended bylaws to increase director count from 10 to 11, effective same date.
- Prior roles include CFO at Grainger (2018-2021) and Advance Auto Parts (2016-2018).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000542
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLS
- cik: 0000030625
- company_name: FLOWSERVE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323000542/0001157523-23-000542-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323000542/a53379150.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000542
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000542.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000542.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas Okray was elected as Director at FLOWSERVE CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Thomas Okray, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Eaton Corporation (“Eaton”) has been elected by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as a new member of the Board, effective April 12, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323000542/0001157523-23-000542-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  FLOWSERVE CORP: Increased the number of directors from ten to eleven (effective 2023-04-12).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-12
  source text: On April 12, 2023, the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s By-Laws, effective April 12, 2023. Article III, Section 2 of the By-Laws, which sets forth the number of directors of the Company, was amended by the Board to increase the number of directors of the Company from ten to eleven.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323000542/0001157523-23-000542-index.htm

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