---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000939930-23-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PYYX"
cik: "0000939930"
company_name: "PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T12:12:44.898760+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pyxus board: Fallon resigns, Alphin and Bartels appointed as directors

## Summary
- Patrick B. Fallon (Monarch) resigned from Pyxus board effective Jan 18, 2023.
- Board size increased from six to seven; John S. Alphin and Patrick J. Bartels Jr. appointed.
- Alphin, 24-yr tobacco industry veteran (ex-British American Tobacco), joins ESG/Nominating Committee.
- Bartels, 20+ yrs in finance (ex-Monarch, PwC), serves on Audit and chairs Compensation Committee.
- Appointments align with Shareholders Agreement governing Glendon and Monarch investor board seats.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000939930-23-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PYYX
- cik: 0000939930
- company_name: PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/939930/000093993023000011/0000939930-23-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/939930/000093993023000011/pyx-20230117.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick B. Fallon resigned as Director at PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Patrick B. Fallon, a member of the Board of Directors of Pyxus International, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned as a director of the Company effective on January 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/939930/000093993023000011/0000939930-23-000011-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick J. Bartels, Jr. was elected as Director at PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 18, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the size of the Board of Directors from six to seven and elected John S. Alphin and Patrick J. Bartels, Jr. as directors to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fallon’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/939930/000093993023000011/0000939930-23-000011-index.htm
- Executive change
  John S. Alphin was elected as Director at PYXUS INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 18, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the size of the Board of Directors from six to seven and elected John S. Alphin and Patrick J. Bartels, Jr. as directors to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fallon’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/939930/000093993023000011/0000939930-23-000011-index.htm

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