secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC (VMI)
CIK:        0000102729
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000102729-23-000050
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Valmont elects Avner Applbaum as CEO; base salary $950K, bonus 110% of base
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- Avner Applbaum appointed President & CEO effective July 10, 2023; also joined Board on July 31, 2023.
- New CEO compensation: $950K base salary, target bonus 110% of base (prorated for 2023), LTI target 207.5% of base.
- Applbaum granted 1,804 performance shares (2023-2025 plan), options for 3,661 shares at $264.75, and 1,133 RSUs.
- Aaron Schapper named Group President Agriculture & Chief Strategy Officer effective July 31, 2023.
- Schapper received 9,442 performance-based RSUs tied to 2024 and 2025 global irrigation ROIC and operating income.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272923000050/0000102729-23-000050-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272923000050/vmi-20230731x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102729-23-000050

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