---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000922224-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPL"
cik: "0000922224"
company_name: "PPL Corp"
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:05:37.829150+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPL names Francis X. Sullivan COO; Dudkin on extended medical leave

## Summary
- Gregory N. Dudkin removed as COO effective Jan 1, 2023 due to extended medical leave; remains EVP.
- Francis X. Sullivan appointed EVP and COO, effective Jan 1, 2023; reports to CEO Vincent Sorgi.
- Sullivan previously VP–Operations Performance at PPL; 40+ years energy industry experience.
- 2023 compensation: $620K base salary, short-term incentive target 80% of base, long-term equity target 200% of base.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000922224-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPL
- cik: 0000922224
- company_name: PPL Corp
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222423000004/0000922224-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222423000004/ppl-20230101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000922224-23-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000922224-23-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000922224-23-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory N. Dudkin changed role as Chief Operating Officer at PPL Corp.
  - Action: shall no longer serve as
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: executive vice president and chief operating officer, Gregory N. Dudkin, who is on extended medical leave, shall no longer serve as the Company’s chief operating officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222423000004/0000922224-23-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Francis X. Sullivan was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at PPL Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the Company announced the appointment of Francis X. Sullivan as executive vice president and chief operating officer effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922224/000092222423000004/0000922224-23-000004-index.htm

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