---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815556-23-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAST"
cik: "0000815556"
company_name: "FASTENAL CO"
filed_at: "2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T01:25:00.025052+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastenal COO Terry Owen resigns effective Oct 31, no successor named

## Summary
- Terry M. Owen resigns as Chief Operations Officer, effective October 31, 2023.
- Owen had been with Fastenal since June 1999; no reason stated.
- No replacement for COO role has been announced as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815556-23-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAST
- cik: 0000815556
- company_name: FASTENAL CO
- filed_at: 2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000047/0000815556-23-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000047/fast-20231009.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-23-000047
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-23-000047.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-23-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Terry M. Owen resigned as Chief Operations Officer at FASTENAL CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: On October 9, 2023, Terry M. Owen resigned as the Chief Operations Officer of Fastenal Company (the "Company") effective October 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000047/0000815556-23-000047-index.htm

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