secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EXPONENT INC (EXPO)
CIK:        0000851520
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-002263
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Exponent appoints John Pye as President, Eric Anderson as CFO; Paul Johnston retiring
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- John Pye appointed President effective May 1, 2026; base salary $650,000; receives 21,000 stock options vesting over 4 years.
- Eric Anderson appointed CFO effective May 1, 2026; base salary $525,000; receives 12,600 stock options vesting over 4 years.
- Rich Schlenker steps down as CFO but remains EVP; nominated to Board of Directors.
- Paul Johnston to retire from Board at June 4, 2026 Annual Meeting; Karen Richardson becomes Chairman.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326002263/0001171843-26-002263-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326002263/f8k_040626.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-002263

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