IDEXX EVP Hunt to exit role with severance
IDEXX Laboratories announced that Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Commercial, Nimrata Hunt, PhD, will leave her role effective April 13, 2026, then serve as a special advisor on an as‑needed basis until July 13, 2026.
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IDEXX Laboratories announced that Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Commercial, Nimrata Hunt, PhD, will leave her role effective April 13, 2026, then serve as a special advisor on an as‑needed basis until July 13, 2026.
Under a separation agreement, IDEXX will provide salary continuation for 104 weeks totaling $1,230,000 and pay her target annual bonus for two years totaling $984,000, alongside a $50,000 COBRA-related lump sum, $10,000 in transition assistance and up to $6,000 per year for 2025 and 2026 tax or financial planning services.
Unvested stock options, restricted stock units and performance stock units will be forfeited as of the final employment date, while vested stock options remain exercisable under existing award terms. IDEXX characterizes the move as a termination without cause tied to elimination of her position and obtained a broad release, non‑disparagement and ongoing cooperation commitments.
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Mid-level leadership change with structured severance, limited direct financial impact.
The departure of IDEXX’s Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Commercial, is framed as a termination without cause due to position elimination. While senior, this is not a C-suite role, and the filing emphasizes an orderly transition with an advisory period through July 13, 2026.
Cash obligations include salary continuation of $1,230,000, target bonuses totaling $984,000, and smaller benefits like COBRA support and transition assistance. Unvested equity is forfeited, which limits ongoing dilution. Overall, this appears to be a standard executive separation package rather than a transformational event.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
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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
On March 24, 2026, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (“IDEXX”) and Nimrata Hunt, PhD, Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Commercial, mutually agreed that Dr. Hunt will cease serving in her current role effective on April 13, 2026 (the “Separation Date”) and will continue to provide advisory services on an as-needed basis until July 13, 2026 (the “Final Employment Date”). IDEXX and Dr. Hunt entered into a separation letter agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) to memorialize the terms of Dr. Hunt’s advisory role and subsequent departure.
Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, IDEXX will pay to Dr. Hunt separation benefits in the form of (i) salary continuation for 104 weeks following the Separation Date, in the aggregate amount of $1,230,000; (ii) Dr. Hunt’s target annual bonus for two years, in the aggregate amount of $984,000, payable together with the salary continuation payments, (iii) a lump-sum payment of $50,000, representing 78 weeks of COBRA premium costs with respect to Dr. Hunt’s continued coverage under the IDEXX medical, dental and/or vision plans; (iv) transition assistance benefit of $10,000; and (v) reimbursement of tax preparation or financial planning services for the 2025 and 2026 tax years in an amount not to exceed $6,000 per tax year (to the extent not reimbursed prior to the Separation Date). Vesting of stock option, restricted stock unit and performance stock unit awards previously issued to Dr. Hunt under IDEXX’s stock incentive plans will cease effective as of the Final Employment Date, and all unvested awards will be forfeited. Dr. Hunt’s stock option awards, to the extent vested and exercisable, will remain exercisable during the period following the Final Employment Date that is specified in the applicable award agreements. Dr. Hunt’s position with IDEXX is being eliminated, and, as a result, IDEXX deems Dr. Hunt’s separation to be a termination of employment without cause for purposes of determining Dr. Hunt’s separation benefits.
The Separation Agreement also contains a general release of claims in favor of IDEXX (including a reaffirmation thereof on or following the Separation Date and on or following the Final Employment Date), non-disparagement and continuing cooperation covenants and an acknowledgement by Dr. Hunt that she continues to be bound by restrictive covenants applicable to her under the Confidential Information, Work Product, and Restrictive Covenant Agreement between her and IDEXX dated January 24, 2022. All of the foregoing serves as consideration for IDEXX’s payment of separation benefits described in the Separation Agreement.
Following the Separation Date, IDEXX will compensate Dr. Hunt for her services as a special advisor until the Final Employment Date with respect to days worked at IDEXX’s request, with a per diem payment calculated based on her current base salary rate.
A copy of the Separation Agreement is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The description of the Separation Agreement included in this Current Report on Form 8-K is a summary, is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Separation Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 10.1 | Separation Agreement by and between Nimrata Hunt, PhD, and IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., dated March 24, 2026. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document) |
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: March 25, 2026 | By: | /s/ Sharon E. Underberg |
| Sharon E. Underberg | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||