---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-25-000240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:55:25.368922+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG GC Anne Foulkes to retire; Joseph Gette named successor effective Jan 1, 2026

## Summary
- Anne Foulkes, SVP & GC since 2018, will retire on Aug 31, 2026; transitions to SVP Legal & Special Projects from Jan 1, 2026.
- Joseph R. Gette, current VP Deputy GC & Secretary, will become SVP, General Counsel & Secretary effective Jan 1, 2026.
- Foulkes eligible for 2026 full-year annual incentive payment in 2027; existing equity awards vest per terms.
- Foulkes is a 30-year PPG veteran; Gette has been Deputy GC and Secretary prior to appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-25-000240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987925000240/0000079879-25-000240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987925000240/ppg-20250807.htm

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