---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-015726"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTV"
cik: "0001659166"
company_name: "Fortive Corp"
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:57:02.324691+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortive Board Chair Alan G. Spoon to retire; Sharmistha Dubey named new Chair

## Summary
- Alan G. Spoon will not stand for re-election at 2025 Annual Meeting (June 3, 2025) and will retire from Board effective that date.
- Board size reduced from nine to eight directors, effective upon Spoon's retirement.
- Sharmistha Dubey appointed as Chair of the Board effective January 28, 2025, succeeding Spoon.
- Spoon's decision not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-015726
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTV
- cik: 0001659166
- company_name: Fortive Corp
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000119312525015726/0001193125-25-015726-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000119312525015726/d916149d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alan G. Spoon changed role as Chair of the Board at Fortive Corp.
  - Action: succeeded as Chair
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: effective January 28, 2025, the Board appointed Sharmistha Dubey, an independent director of the Company, as the Chair of the Board to succeed Mr. Spoon.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000119312525015726/0001193125-25-015726-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sharmistha Dubey was appointed as Chair of the Board at Fortive Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: effective January 28, 2025, the Board appointed Sharmistha Dubey, an independent director of the Company, as the Chair of the Board to succeed Mr. Spoon.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000119312525015726/0001193125-25-015726-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alan G. Spoon departed as Director at Fortive Corp.
  - Action: not stand for re-election and retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 28, 2025, Alan G. Spoon notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fortive Corporation (the “Company”) that he has elected not to stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on June 3, 2025, and will retire from the Board effective on the date of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1659166/000119312525015726/0001193125-25-015726-index.htm

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