---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000851968-22-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MHK"
cik: "0000851968"
company_name: "MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:09:04.501302+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mohawk appoints William Harkins as CAO effective Aug 1; base salary $425k plus incentives

## Summary
- William Harkins appointed Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller effective August 1, 2022.
- Harkins most recently Global Assistant Controller at Mars, Inc.; prior roles at Coca-Cola.
- Annual base salary of $425,000 plus participation in annual cash bonus and equity incentive plans.
- Sign-on cash award of $50,000 and retention cash award of $50,000 payable March 1, 2023.
- Clifford Suing, interim CAO since March 2022, returns to CFO of Global Ceramic Segment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000851968-22-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MHK
- cik: 0000851968
- company_name: MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196822000078/0000851968-22-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196822000078/mhk-20220729.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851968-22-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William W. Harkins was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
  source text: On July 29, 2022, Mohawk Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of William W. Harkins as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, effective August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196822000078/0000851968-22-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  Clifford Suing changed role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s Global Ceramic Segment at MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: returned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s Global Ceramic Segment
  source text: Effective August 1, 2022, Mr. Suing will return to his prior position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s Global Ceramic Segment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196822000078/0000851968-22-000078-index.htm

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