---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-002483"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ITGR"
cik: "0001114483"
company_name: "Integer Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T06:40:56.077451+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Integer Holdings CEO Joseph Dziedzic to retire Oct 24, 2025; COO Payman Khales named successor

## Summary
- CEO Joseph Dziedzic will retire effective October 24, 2025; will serve as Special Advisor through March 31, 2026.
- COO Payman Khales, age 55, appointed President and CEO effective Oct 24; will join Board same day.
- Dziedzic receives base salary as Special Advisor, full vesting of RSUs and prorated PRSUs under retirement treatment.
- Dziedzic's post-termination restrictive covenants extended from 24 to 36 months in exchange for release.
- First quarter 2025 financial results reported separately; conference call scheduled today at 8 a.m. CT.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-002483
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ITGR
- cik: 0001114483
- company_name: Integer Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/0001171843-25-002483-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/f8k_042425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002483
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002483.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002483.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph W. Dziedzic resigned as Director at Integer Holdings Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Dziedzic will retire as President and CEO and step down from the Board, effective October 24, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/0001171843-25-002483-index.htm
- Executive change
  Payman Khales was elected as Director at Integer Holdings Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Company expects that Mr. Khales will be elected to the Board on that same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/0001171843-25-002483-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph W. Dziedzic was appointed as Special Advisor at Integer Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Special Advisor
  source text: Mr. Dziedzic will continue to serve as President and CEO until October 24, 2025, when Mr. Dziedzic will transition to non-executive employment with the Company as a Special Advisor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/0001171843-25-002483-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph W. Dziedzic retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at Integer Holdings Corp.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Dziedzic will retire as President and CEO and step down from the Board, effective October 24, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/0001171843-25-002483-index.htm
- Executive change
  Payman Khales was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Integer Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board also appointed Payman Khales, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer, to succeed Mr. Dziedzic as President and CEO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114483/000117184325002483/0001171843-25-002483-index.htm

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