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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-26-001798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPAR"
cik: "0000822663"
company_name: "INTERPARFUMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-16T15:37:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-16T15:38:05.966361+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Interparfums elects Epinay and Hermann to board; four directors step down

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2 new independent directors: Bénédicte Epinay (Comité Colbert CEO) and Valérie Hermann (Groupe Epi).
- Incumbents Philippe Santi, Veronique Gabai-Pinsky, Gilbert Harrison, Gerard Kappauf did not stand for re-election; board now 9 members.
- All 9 director nominees elected, incl. CEO Jean Madar and CFO Michel Atwood; broker non-votes 0.
- Non-binding executive compensation proposal passed: 23,612,728 for, 181,506 against, 33,237 abstain.
- Stockholders approved 10-year extension of 2016 Stock Option Plan to June 27, 2036.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-26-001798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPAR
- cik: 0000822663
- company_name: INTERPARFUMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-16T15:37:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/822663/000175392626001798/0001753926-26-001798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/822663/000175392626001798/ipar-20260915.htm

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