---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815556-23-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAST"
cik: "0000815556"
company_name: "FASTENAL CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T18:46:25.487637+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastenal names Terry Owen COO, Jeffery Watts CSO in executive restructuring

## Summary
- Terry M. Owen transitions from Senior EVP-Sales Operations to new COO role overseeing global sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics.
- Jeffery M. Watts transitions from EVP-International Sales to new CSO role overseeing global sales activities.
- Appointments effective May 3, 2023; prior positions of Senior EVP-Sales Operations and EVP-International Sales dissolved.
- Owen's compensation unchanged; no related-party transactions or family relationships disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815556-23-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAST
- cik: 0000815556
- company_name: FASTENAL CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+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/815556/000081555623000027/0000815556-23-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000027/fast-20230503.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-23-000027
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-23-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffery M. Watts changed role as Chief Sales Officer at FASTENAL CO.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chief Sales Officer
  source text: Mr. Jeffery M. Watts, 51, the Executive Vice President-International Sales of the Company will transition to the newly established executive officer position of Chief Sales Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000027/0000815556-23-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Terry M. Owen changed role as Chief Operating Officer at FASTENAL CO.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mr. Terry M. Owen, 54, the Senior Executive Vice President-Sales Operations of the Company will transition to the newly established executive officer position of Chief Operating Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000027/0000815556-23-000027-index.htm

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