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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000792987-24-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTE"
cik: "0000792987"
company_name: "ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T05:22:53.834031+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astec's VP & Chief Accounting Officer Jamie Palm to resign Dec 27; CFO Harris to assume role

## Summary
- Jamie E. Palm resigns as VP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, effective Dec 27, 2024.
- Departure is not related to any disagreement on financial statements, operations, or accounting policies.
- CFO Brian J. Harris will become the principal accounting officer following Palm's resignation.
- Harris's biography was previously filed in Astec's Oct 7, 2024 Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000792987-24-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTE
- cik: 0000792987
- company_name: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298724000057/0000792987-24-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/792987/000079298724000057/aste-20241206.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000792987-24-000057.txt

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