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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-061500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRKR"
cik: "0001109354"
company_name: "BRUKER CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:23:29.383977+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bruker director Friend to retire; Phillips reclassified to Class II; declares $0.05 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Dr. Cynthia M. Friend will not stand for re-election at the 2026 Annual Meeting; she continues as director until then.
- Jack Phillips stepped down as Class III director and was re-elected as Class II director; service deemed continuous since Jan 1, 2026.
- Board declared $0.05 per share quarterly common dividend, payable April 7, 2026 to holders of record March 23, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-061500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRKR
- cik: 0001109354
- company_name: BRUKER CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000119312526061500/0001193125-26-061500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000119312526061500/brkr-20260220.htm

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