---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606757-22-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KE"
cik: "0001606757"
company_name: "Kimball Electronics, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T09:25:07.498870+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimball Electronics expands board, appoints Tom Vadaketh as independent director

## Summary
- Appointed Tom Vadaketh, CFO of Bausch Health, to Board of Directors effective Sept 13, 2022.
- Vadaketh will serve on Audit Committee and stand for election at 2022 Annual Meeting in November.
- He brings over 20 years of financial leadership at P&G, Tyco, Cambrex, and eResearch Technology.
- Vadaketh is a Certified Public Accountant with an MBA from Manchester Business School and ACA degree.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606757-22-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KE
- cik: 0001606757
- company_name: Kimball Electronics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675722000044/0001606757-22-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675722000044/ke-20220913.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606757-22-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606757-22-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606757-22-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tom G. Vadaketh was appointed as Director at Kimball Electronics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2022, Kimball Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the expansion of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the appointment of a new independent director, Tom G. Vadaketh, effective September 13, 2022, the date of the Board’s appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675722000044/0001606757-22-000044-index.htm

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