---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000824142-24-000226"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAON"
cik: "0000824142"
company_name: "AAON, INC."
filed_at: "2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:13:49.230683+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAON realigns executive leadership; Wakefield to lead AAON unit, Shaub to lead BASX

## Summary
- Stephen Wakefield promoted to EVP & General Manager of AAON products unit; Matt Shaub named EVP & GM of BASX products unit, effective Jan 1, 2025.
- Rob Teis, Dave Benson, Doug Wichman cease as officers but remain in non-officer roles (VP Business Technology, AAON Fellow, Exec Director Manufacturing respectively).
- Casey Kidwell becomes Chief Administration Officer; Christopher Eason becomes Principal Accounting Officer, also effective Jan 1, 2025.
- Press release cites new Memphis facility expansion and positions BASX for data center market as strategic context.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000824142-24-000226
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAON
- cik: 0000824142
- company_name: AAON, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-11-22T23:59:59+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/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/aaon-20241122.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Eason changed role as Principal Accounting Officer at AAON, INC..
  - Action: become
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Christopher Eason, 43, the Company's Chief Accounting Officer since 2021, will become the Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- Executive change
  Doug Wichman departed as President of AAON Coil Products at AAON, INC..
  - Action: no longer serve
  - Role: President of AAON Coil Products
  source text: Effective January 1, 2025, Rob Teis, Dave Benson, and Doug Wichman will each no longer serve as officers of AAON, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Shaub was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Company & General Manager of the BASX products business unit at AAON, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President of the Company & General Manager of the BASX products business unit
  source text: Matthew Shaub, 47, has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President of the Company & General Manager of the BASX products business unit.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rob Teis departed as other_named_officer at AAON, INC..
  - Action: no longer serve
  source text: Effective January 1, 2025, Rob Teis, Dave Benson, and Doug Wichman will each no longer serve as officers of AAON, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen Wakefield was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Company & General Manager of the AAON products business unit at AAON, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President of the Company & General Manager of the AAON products business unit
  source text: Stephen Wakefield, 48, has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President of the Company & General Manager of the AAON products business unit.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- Executive change
  Casey Kidwell changed role as Chief Administration Officer at AAON, INC..
  - Action: become
  - Role: Chief Administration Officer
  source text: Casey Kidwell, 47, the Company's Vice President of Administration since 2022, will become the Chief Administration Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dave Benson departed as Vice President of the Company and President of BASX at AAON, INC..
  - Action: no longer serve
  - Role: Vice President of the Company and President of BASX
  source text: Effective January 1, 2025, Rob Teis, Dave Benson, and Doug Wichman will each no longer serve as officers of AAON, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414224000226/0000824142-24-000226-index.htm

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