---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-056708"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOVT"
cik: "0001076930"
company_name: "NOVANTA INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T08:54:12.923036+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Deborah DiSanzo resigns from Novanta board effective Feb 28, 2022

## Summary
- Deborah DiSanzo resigns from Board to focus on her role as President of Best Buy Health.
- Resignation effective February 28, 2022; no replacement announced.
- DiSanzo was not a named executive officer; resignation is for professional commitments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-056708
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOVT
- cik: 0001076930
- company_name: NOVANTA INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000156459021056708/0001564590-21-056708-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000156459021056708/novt-8k_20211106.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-056708
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-056708.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-056708.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deborah DiSanzo resigned as Director at NOVANTA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 6, 2021, Deborah DiSanzo, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Novanta Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of her decision to resign from the Board, effective February 28, 2022, in order to focus her attention on her responsibilities as the President of Best Buy Health and other professional responsibilities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000156459021056708/0001564590-21-056708-index.htm

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