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accession: "0000067215-25-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DY"
cik: "0000067215"
company_name: "DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:31:24.441627+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dycom appoints Avnet CEO Phillip Gallagher to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Phillip R. Gallagher, CEO of Avnet (NASDAQ: AVT), appointed to Dycom's Board effective October 7, 2025.
- Board expanded from eight to nine members; Gallagher deemed independent under NYSE rules.
- Compensation: $80,000 annual retainer (quarterly) and RSUs with $175,000 grant-date fair value, prorated.
- Term runs until the 2026 Annual Meeting; no committee assignments yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000067215-25-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DY
- cik: 0000067215
- company_name: DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67215/000006721525000065/0000067215-25-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67215/000006721525000065/dy-20251007.htm

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