---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-042165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UFPT"
cik: "0000914156"
company_name: "UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-10T20:02:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T20:03:41.939276+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UFP Technologies appoints Mitchell Rock as CEO, Ryan Stafford as General Counsel & SVP HR

## Summary
- Mitchell C. Rock appointed CEO and joins Board effective June 4, 2026.
- Ryan Stafford named General Counsel, SVP HR, and Secretary, succeeding retiring Chris Litterio.
- Board size increased from 7 to 8; Rock fills new director seat.
- Stafford receives $400K base salary, 50% bonus target, and $650K equity grant (50% RSUs, 50% PSUs).
- CFO Ronald Lataille granted $1M stock unit award (4,454 units) vesting over ~3 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-042165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UFPT
- cik: 0000914156
- company_name: UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T20:02:30+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914156/000162828026042165/0001628280-26-042165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914156/000162828026042165/ufpt-20260604.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-042165
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-042165.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-042165.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher P. Litterio departed as General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Human Resources
  source text: Christopher P. Litterio, General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Human Resources, informed UFP Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), that he plans to retire from the Company after a period of transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914156/000162828026042165/0001628280-26-042165-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan Stafford was appointed as General Counsel, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and Secretary at UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and Secretary
  source text: On June 4, 2026, the Company announced that it had appointed Ryan Stafford as the Company’s General Counsel, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and Secretary, effective June 4, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914156/000162828026042165/0001628280-26-042165-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mitchell C. Rock was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointment of Mitchell C. Rock as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914156/000162828026042165/0001628280-26-042165-index.htm

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