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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-25-000568"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRNS"
cik: "0000099302"
company_name: "TRANSCAT INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T10:28:55.064959+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Lee D. Rudow to retire by March 2026; will serve as senior advisor through March 2027

## Summary
- CEO Lee D. Rudow will retire as CEO and director in March 2026; board has formed search committee for successor.
- Rudow will transition to senior advisor role through end of FY2027 with base salary of $1.5M per annum.
- He received special RSU award: 12,500 RSUs vesting over FY2026-2027 and 12,500 performance RSUs tied to cumulative EBITDA.
- CFO notes strong YTD performance, acquisitions of Martin Calibration and Essco, and expects high single-digit Service organic growth in H2 FY2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-25-000568
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRNS
- cik: 0000099302
- company_name: TRANSCAT INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677425000568/0001206774-25-000568-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677425000568/trns4526021-8k.htm

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