---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLS"
cik: "0000030625"
company_name: "FLOWSERVE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T12:40:18.076939+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowserve names Cheryl H. Johnson to board; director John Friedery to retire Dec 8

## Summary
- John Friedery to retire from Flowserve board effective December 8, 2023; no disagreement cited.
- Cheryl H. Johnson, CHRO of Caterpillar, elected to board effective December 8, 2023.
- Johnson appointed to Organization and Compensation Committee and Finance and Risk Committee.
- Johnson brings experience from Textron and Bell Helicopter; expected to stand for reelection in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLS
- cik: 0000030625
- company_name: FLOWSERVE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323001432/0001157523-23-001432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323001432/a53557756.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001432
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001432.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001432.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Friedery departed as Director at FLOWSERVE CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 20, 2023, Flowserve Corporation (the “Company”) announced that John Friedery, a director of the Company, would retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective December 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323001432/0001157523-23-001432-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cheryl H. Johnson was elected as Director at FLOWSERVE CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 20, 2023, the Company also announced that Cheryl H. Johnson, Chief Human Resources Officer for Caterpillar Inc. (“Caterpillar”) has been elected by the Board as a new member of the Board, effective December 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000115752323001432/0001157523-23-001432-index.htm

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