---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320187-25-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKE"
cik: "0000320187"
company_name: "NIKE, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T03:48:54.934355+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NIKE director Cathleen Benko to retire, will not stand for re-election at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Cathleen Benko notified NIKE of her retirement from the Board effective at the 2025 annual meeting.
- Benko served on the Board for 7 years; departure is not due to any disagreement with the company or Board.
- She will not stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting of shareholders.
- Executive Chairman Mark Parker thanked Benko for her dedicated service and contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320187-25-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKE
- cik: 0000320187
- company_name: NIKE, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018725000026/0000320187-25-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018725000026/nke-20250613.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320187-25-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320187-25-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320187-25-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cathleen Benko departed as member of the Board of Directors at NIKE, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On June 13, 2025, Cathleen Benko notified NIKE, Inc. (the “Company”) of her decision to retire as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) effective as of the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018725000026/0000320187-25-000026-index.htm

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