---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-024521"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOVT"
cik: "0001076930"
company_name: "NOVANTA INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:32:30.358661+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Novanta director Brian King resigns; Dr. Darlene Solomon appointed to board

## Summary
- Brian King resigned as director effective June 28, 2022.
- Dr. Darlene J.S. Solomon elected to board effective June 28, 2022, filling a vacancy.
- Dr. Solomon will serve on the Compensation Committee.
- She receives standard non-employee director compensation: $62,500 cash retainer plus $125,000 annual equity (50% RSUs, 50% DSUs), prorated for 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-024521
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOVT
- cik: 0001076930
- company_name: NOVANTA INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-28T23:59:59+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/1076930/000156459022024521/0001564590-22-024521-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000156459022024521/novt-8k_20220628.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-024521
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-024521.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-024521.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Darlene J. S. Solomon, Ph.D. was elected as director at NOVANTA INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On June 28, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company elected Darlene J. S. Solomon, Ph.D., to the Board to fill an existing vacancy, effective June 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000156459022024521/0001564590-22-024521-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian King resigned as director at NOVANTA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On June 28, 2022, Brian King resigned as a director of Novanta Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000156459022024521/0001564590-22-024521-index.htm

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