Transdigm Group Incorporated filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 2025
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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. | ||||
Appointment of Directors
On October 23, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TransDigm Group Incorporated (the “Company” or “TransDigm”) appointed Michael Lisman and Peter Palmer to the Company’s Board, effective immediately.
Mr. Lisman currently serves as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lisman previously served as Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and an Executive Vice President of the Company, with direct operational oversight for several TransDigm's operating units. Additionally, Mr. Lisman previously led the Company's Mergers and Acquisitions group.
Mr. Palmer previously served as an Executive Vice President of the Company prior to his retirement at the end of 2024, following a 24-year career at TransDigm. Prior to becoming an Executive Vice President of the Company, he served as President of several TransDigm operating units. He brings to the Board extensive operational and corporate leadership experience, as well as significant expertise in corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Palmer has held numerous senior roles involving operations, strategic development, and business integration, and has served on other aerospace company boards.
Neither Mr. Lisman nor Mr. Palmer has been appointed to any committees of the Board.
There are no arrangements or understandings between either of the newly appointed directors and any other person pursuant to which they were selected as directors, and there are no related party transactions between either Mr. Lisman or Mr. Palmer and the Company that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
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.
| TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Armani Vadiee | ||||||||||
| Name: | Armani Vadiee | ||||||||||
| Title: | General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary | ||||||||||
Dated: October 23, 2025