---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-036219"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEOS"
cik: "0001001115"
company_name: "GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T17:25:24.752650+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Geospace chairman Gary Owens to not seek re-election; Stephen Jumper named chairman

## Summary
- Gary D. Owens will not stand for re-election at Feb 6, 2025 annual meeting and stepped down as Chairman immediately.
- Stephen C. Jumper appointed Chairman effective November 21, 2024; joined board in December 2023.
- Owens will remain as board member until the 2025 annual meeting, ending 27-year tenure as director.
- Board thanks Owens for his decades of service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-036219
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEOS
- cik: 0001001115
- company_name: GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001115/000143774924036219/0001437749-24-036219-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001115/000143774924036219/geos20241125_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-036219
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-036219.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-036219.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary D. Owens changed role as Chairman of the Board at GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Owens also stepped down as Chairman of the Board but will remain a board member until the 2025 annual meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001115/000143774924036219/0001437749-24-036219-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen C. Jumper was appointed as Chairman of the Board at GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: The Board has appointed Stephen C. Jumper to serve as the Company’s new Chairman of the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001115/000143774924036219/0001437749-24-036219-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary D. Owens departed as Director at GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: will not seek re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 21, 2024, Gary D. Owens notified Geospace Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) that he will not seek re-election to the Company” board of directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001115/000143774924036219/0001437749-24-036219-index.htm

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