---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000922224-21-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPL"
cik: "0000922224"
company_name: "PPL Corp"
filed_at: "2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T10:53:03.908742+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPL subsidiary LKE CEO Paul Thompson to retire Jan 1, 2022; John Crockett III to become President Oct 1, 2021

## Summary
- Paul W. Thompson, President and CEO of LG&E and KU Energy (LKE), retiring effective Jan 1, 2022.
- John R. Crockett III (current General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Secretary) will become President of LKE, LG&E, and KU effective Oct 1, 2021.
- Thompson will serve as Executive Vice President during transition from Oct 1, 2021 to Jan 1, 2022.
- Crockett will execute a Change in Control Agreement; Thompson eligible for PPL Executive Severance Plan and retirement vesting of equity awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000922224-21-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPL
- cik: 0000922224
- company_name: PPL Corp
- filed_at: 2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222421000041/0000922224-21-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222421000041/ppl-20210813.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000922224-21-000041
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000922224-21-000041.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000922224-21-000041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John R. Crockett III was appointed as President at PPL Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: John R. Crockett III, who presently serves as the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of LKE, LG&E and KU, will succeed Mr. Thompson and will assume the role of President of each of the Companies effective October 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222421000041/0000922224-21-000041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul W. Thompson departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at PPL Corp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the retirement of Paul W. Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer of LKE and its subsidiaries, Louisville Gas and Electric Company ("LG&E") and Kentucky Utilities Company ("KU" and together with LKE and LG&E, the "Companies") effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222421000041/0000922224-21-000041-index.htm

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