---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-26-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRNS"
cik: "0000099302"
company_name: "TRANSCAT INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:18:15.297108+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Transcat grants retention RSUs to four execs as CEO Rudow plans retirement

## Summary
- CEO Rudow to retire in March 2026, then advisory role through March 2027.
- Retention awards: Barbato 19,772 RSUs, Conroy 10,380, Haddad 5,190, West 12,028.
- RSUs vest on Jan 6, 2028, contingent on continued employment.
- Board search committee evaluating internal and external CEO candidates.
- Update expected on Q3 FY2026 conference call in early February.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-26-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRNS
- cik: 0000099302
- company_name: TRANSCAT INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677426000020/0001206774-26-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677426000020/trns4580951-8k.htm

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