---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:09:35.026576+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Powell Industries CAO Milburn Honeycutt to retire effective Jan 5, 2024

## Summary
- Milburn E. Honeycutt, VP, Corporate Controller and CAO, notified company of retirement.
- Retirement effective January 5, 2024; no immediate departure.
- No successor or interim appointment announced in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042023000018/0000080420-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042023000018/powl-20230405.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-23-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-23-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Milburn E. Honeycutt departed as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at POWELL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 3, 2023, Powell Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) received notification from Milburn E. Honeycutt, Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, that Mr. Honeycutt intends to retire effective as of January 5, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042023000018/0000080420-23-000018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.