---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008947-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZZ"
cik: "0000008947"
company_name: "AZZ INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T18:00:44.677227+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AZZ appoints Jeff Vellines President & COO of Precoat Metals; Kurt Russell becomes Chief Strategic Officer

## Summary
- Vellines will serve as President & COO of Precoat Metals effective March 1, 2025, with an annual base salary of $435,000.
- Russell transitions from COO of Precoat Metals to Senior VP & Chief Strategic Officer, focusing on growth initiatives.
- Vellines eligible for FY2026 cash incentive target of 70% of base salary ($304,500) and equity target of 100% of base salary ($435,000) under 2023 LTI Plan.
- Vellines joined Precoat in 2011 as Director of Strategic Planning; most recently served as President of AZZ Precoat Metals since March 2024.
- CEO Tom Ferguson cited leadership bench strength and commitment to executing strategic plans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008947-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZZ
- cik: 0000008947
- company_name: AZZ INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/8947/000000894725000016/0000008947-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894725000016/azz-20250116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-25-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-25-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-25-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeff Vellines was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of Precoat Metals at AZZ INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer of Precoat Metals
  source text: On January 16, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of AZZ Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Jeff Vellines, 50, as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company's Precoat Metals business segment to be effective as of March 1, 2025 (the “ Effective Date ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894725000016/0000008947-25-000016-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kurt Russell changed role as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer at AZZ INC.
  - Action: transition
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer
  source text: Kurt Russell, who currently serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer of the Precoat Metals business segment, will as of the same Effective Date, transition to the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894725000016/0000008947-25-000016-index.htm

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