---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-032947"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXI"
cik: "0000310354"
company_name: "STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/"
filed_at: "2026-10-19T21:17:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-19T21:20:06.362196+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Standex names JELD-WEN CFO Samantha Stoddard as CFO effective Dec. 1; base salary $575,000

## Summary
- Samantha L. Stoddard, 43, joins as Vice President, CFO and Treasurer on Dec. 1, 2026 from JELD-WEN, where she has been EVP and CFO since July 2024.
- She succeeds Ademir Sarcevic, promoted in May 2026 to EVP–Corporate and Group President–Electronics; he remains CFO until Dec. 1, then focuses on Electronics growth.
- Compensation: $575,000 base salary, 75% target bonus, FY2027 LTIP target of 175% of salary, and a $402,500 signing bonus subject to repayment if she leaves within two years.
- Sign-on equity: $400,000 of RSUs vesting over three years and $1,006,250 of premium-priced options struck at 110% of the Dec. 1 closing price, vesting over four years.
- Stoddard reports to Chairman, President and CEO David Dunbar; she previously was CFO of Honeywell's Personal Protective Equipment unit and CFO of Industrial Timber.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-032947
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXI
- cik: 0000310354
- company_name: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/
- filed_at: 2026-10-19T21:17:47+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/310354/000143774926032947/0001437749-26-032947-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310354/000143774926032947/sxi20261019_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-032947
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-032947.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-032947.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Samantha L. Stoddard was appointed as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: Standex International Corporation (the “Company”) announced on October 19, 2026, that Samantha L. Stoddard will join the Company as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective December 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310354/000143774926032947/0001437749-26-032947-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ademir Sarcevic changed role as Chief Financial Officer at STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/.
  - Action: ceased to serve as Chief Financial Officer
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Upon Ms. Stoddard’s commencement of employment, Mr. Sarcevic will cease to serve as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and principal financial officer of the Company and will continue in his role as Executive Vice President – Corporate and Group President – Electronics.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310354/000143774926032947/0001437749-26-032947-index.htm

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