---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000792987-23-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTE"
cik: "0000792987"
company_name: "ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:26:34.947063+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astec director Glen Tellock retires; James Winford elected to board

## Summary
- Glen Tellock retired as director effective July 27, 2023, after 17 years of service; no disagreement with company.
- Board elected James Winford as independent director effective immediately; also named to Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Winford is President of Prairie Contractors LLC, an asphalt producer/highway contractor, with extensive industry experience.
- Board size remains 10 directors, 9 of whom are independent; Winford qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000792987-23-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTE
- cik: 0000792987
- company_name: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298723000058/0000792987-23-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298723000058/aste-20230726.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000792987-23-000058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000792987-23-000058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000792987-23-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Winford was elected as Director at ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 27, 2023, the Board elected James Winford to the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298723000058/0000792987-23-000058-index.htm
- Executive change
  Glen Tellock retired as Director at ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 26, 2023, Glen Tellock notified the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Astec Industries, Inc. (the "Company") that he would be retiring as a director of the Company, effective July 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298723000058/0000792987-23-000058-index.htm

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