---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000098362-24-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TKR"
cik: "0000098362"
company_name: "TIMKEN CO"
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:22:37.112184+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Timken appoints Tarak Mehta as CEO; Richard Kyle to retire by Feb 2025

## Summary
- Tarak Mehta named President and CEO, effective after Timken files Q3 2024 10-Q (expected Nov 2024).
- Richard G. Kyle becomes Advisor to the CEO until his retirement as employee on February 15, 2025.
- Board increased from 11 to 12 directors; Mehta elected as director for term expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- Mehta receives no additional compensation for his director role; Kyle expected to remain on Board after retirement.
- Succession is part of previously announced plan; no immediate change in principal executive officer until Q3 filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000098362-24-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TKR
- cik: 0000098362
- company_name: TIMKEN CO
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+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/98362/000009836224000118/0000098362-24-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836224000118/tkr-20240905.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-24-000118
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-24-000118.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-24-000118.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard G. Kyle was appointed as Advisor to the CEO at TIMKEN CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Advisor to the CEO
  source text: appointed Richard G. Kyle Advisor to the CEO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836224000118/0000098362-24-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard G. Kyle departed as Advisor to the CEO at TIMKEN CO.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Advisor to the CEO
  source text: Mr. Kyle will serve as Advisor to the CEO until his retirement as an employee of the Company on February 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836224000118/0000098362-24-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tarak Mehta was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at TIMKEN CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Tarak Mehta President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836224000118/0000098362-24-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tarak Mehta was elected as Director at TIMKEN CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Mr. Mehta as a Director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836224000118/0000098362-24-000118-index.htm

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