---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107815-23-000233"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEC"
cik: "0000783325"
company_name: "WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T08:11:52.854183+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WEC Energy Chairman Gale Klappa to become Non-Executive Chairman after May 2024 meeting

## Summary
- Gale Klappa will continue as Executive Chairman until the annual shareholder meeting in May 2024.
- Thereafter, Klappa will serve as Non-Executive Chairman, subject to annual Board nomination and shareholder approval.
- Compensation for the Non-Executive Chairman role will be determined in the normal course.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107815-23-000233
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEC
- cik: 0000783325
- company_name: WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781523000233/0000107815-23-000233-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781523000233/wec-20231108.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107815-23-000233
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107815-23-000233.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107815-23-000233.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gale E. Klappa changed role as Non-Executive Chairman at WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC..
  - Action: to serve as Non-Executive Chairman
  - Role: Non-Executive Chairman
  source text: The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has requested and Mr. Klappa has agreed to continue serving the Company thereafter in the role of Non-Executive Chairman, subject to annual Board nomination and shareholder approval.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781523000233/0000107815-23-000233-index.htm

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