---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000794619-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMWD"
cik: "0000794619"
company_name: "AMERICAN WOODMARK CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:51:58.557382+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Woodmark appoints Timken CFO Philip Fracassa to board; board expands to nine

## Summary
- Philip Fracassa, EVP and CFO of Timken (NYSE: TKR), elected to the board effective January 16, 2024.
- Fracassa will serve on the Audit Committee and receive standard non-management director compensation.
- Board size increased from eight to nine directors via amendment to Article II, Section 2 of the Bylaws.
- Fracassa brings financial management expertise and global manufacturing experience, according to Chair Vance Tang.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000794619-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMWD
- cik: 0000794619
- company_name: AMERICAN WOODMARK CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794619/000079461924000003/0000794619-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794619/000079461924000003/amwd-20240116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000794619-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000794619-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000794619-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip Fracassa was elected as Director at AMERICAN WOODMARK CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 16, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of American Woodmark Corporation (the "Company") elected Philip Fracassa, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Timken Company, as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794619/000079461924000003/0000794619-24-000003-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  AMERICAN WOODMARK CORP: Increased the number of directors from eight to nine by amending Article II, Section 2 of the Bylaws (effective 2024-01-16).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-16
  source text: On January 16, 2024, the Board approved an amendment to Article II, Section 2 of the Company's Bylaws. The amendment will increase the number of directors of the Company from eight to nine.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794619/000079461924000003/0000794619-24-000003-index.htm

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