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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001159167-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001159167"
company_name: "IROBOT CORP"
filed_at: "2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T11:29:56.945680+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# iRobot director Ruey-Bin Kao will not stand for re-election at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Dr. Ruey-Bin Kao notified the Board on March 18, 2025, he will not seek re-election at the upcoming 2025 annual meeting.
- His decision is not due to any disagreement with iRobot on matters of operations, policies, or practices.
- No replacement or further details were announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001159167-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001159167
- company_name: IROBOT CORP
- filed_at: 2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916725000022/0001159167-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916725000022/irbt-20250318.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001159167-25-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001159167-25-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001159167-25-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ruey-Bin Kao departed as Director at IROBOT CORP.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 18, 2025, Dr. Ruey-Bin Kao informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of iRobot Corporation (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election to the Board when his term expires at the Company’s upcoming 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916725000022/0001159167-25-000022-index.htm

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