---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-007181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSX"
cik: "0000277948"
company_name: "CSX CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T13:30:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T13:31:20.656649+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CSX separates EVP & Chief Digital Officer; approves $5B share repurchase program

## Summary
- Stephen Fortune, EVP and Chief Digital & Technology Officer, separated effective May 14, 2026; eligible for CSX Executive Severance Plan.
- Steve Watkins (VP Product Management for Rail Ops) assumes Fortune's responsibilities, reporting to CFO Kevin Boone.
- Board authorized new $5B share repurchase program, adding to ~$989M remaining from prior program as of March 31, 2026.
- At May 12 annual meeting, all 12 director nominees elected; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor; say-on-pay approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-007181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSX
- cik: 0000277948
- company_name: CSX CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T13:30:30+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010326007181/0000950103-26-007181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010326007181/dp246573_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-007181
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-007181.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-007181.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Watkins was appointed as Vice President of Product Management for Rail Operations at CSX CORP.
  - Action: assumed responsibilities
  - Role: Vice President of Product Management for Rail Operations
  source text: Also on May 14, 2026, the Company announced that Steve Watkins, current Vice President of Product Management for Rail Operations at the Company, will assume Mr. Fortune's responsibilities and report directly to Kevin S. Boone, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010326007181/0000950103-26-007181-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen Fortune departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology Officer at CSX CORP.
  - Action: separated
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology Officer
  source text: On May 14, 2026, CSX Corporation (the "Company" or "CSX") announced the separation from employment of Stephen Fortune, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010326007181/0000950103-26-007181-index.htm

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