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Issuer:     SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (LUV)
CIK:        0000092380
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000092380-23-000033
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southwest appoints former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt to board effective July 16, 2023
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- Roy Blunt, former U.S. Senator and current Chairman of Husch Blackwell Strategies, appointed to Board of Directors.
- Annual retainer for non-employee directors is $90,000, prorated for Blunt's July 2023-June 2024 service period.
- Board members receive free travel for self and spouse, plus 25 roundtrip passes annually and 25 for charities.
- Eligible for equity grants (2023 grant value ~$170,000) and retirement payment ($35k after 5 yrs, $75k after 10 yrs).
- Blunt has not yet been assigned to any Board committees; no material interest in related-party transactions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238023000033/0000092380-23-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238023000033/luv-20230716.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-23-000033

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