UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 11, 2023
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
Election of New Director. On July 11, 2023 the board of directors (the “Board”) of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Irene Chang Britt as an independent Class I Director and appointed her as an independent member of its Audit Committee and Compensation and Talent Committee, effective as of that date. To effect Ms. Chang Britt’s election as a Class I Director, the Board increased the number of Directors constituting the Board from ten to eleven and the number of Class I Directors from three to four. It is expected that Ms. Chang Britt will stand for election by stockholders as a Class I Director at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
There are no related person transactions (or currently proposed related person transactions) with respect to Ms. Chang Britt reportable under Item 5.02(d) of Form 8-K and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year.
Ms. Chang Britt will receive the same compensation as is paid to the Company’s other non-employee Directors, as described in the section entitled “Corporate Governance – Non-Employee Director Compensation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023, which description is incorporated herein by reference, with the exception that Ms. Chang Britt’s compensation will reflect the following changes to annual non-employee Director compensation approved by the Board in May 2023 and which became immediately effective: (i) an increase in the annual cash retainer paid to non-employee Directors from $80,000 per year to $90,000 per year and (ii) an increase in the annual equity compensation award value from $230,000 to $250,000 (split evenly between a full-value award and a non-qualified stock option award). The cash fee to be paid to Ms. Chang Britt in the third quarter of 2023 will be prorated to reflect the effective date of her election to the Board on July 11, 2023. Annual deferred stock unit or restricted stock unit and stock option grants were made to non-employee Directors on May 17, 2023, the date of the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Since Ms. Chang Britt was not serving as a Director at that time, such grants will be made to her on September 1, 2023, and the award values will also be prorated to reflect the portion of the year during which she will serve on the Board specifically from July 11, 2023 until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
On July 12, 2023, the Company issued a press release regarding Ms. Chang Britt’s election to the Board.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: July 12, 2023 | By: | /s/ Sharon E. Underberg | ||||||
| Sharon E. Underberg | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||
