{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950142-26-002421","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"QXO","cik":"0001236275","company_name":"QXO, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-08-24T20:38:51+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-08-24T20:40:00.375316+00:00","generated_at":"2026-08-24T20:40:08.039570+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"QXO appoints Ken West as President and COO effective Sept 1, 2026","bullets":["Ken West, former Honeywell Process Technology CEO, named President and COO; reports to CEO Brad Jacobs.","Annual base salary of $850,000 with initial target bonus of 125% of base, prorated for FY2026.","Equity awards: LTI RSUs and PSUs each $867,808, sign-on RSUs $5.5M (50/50 vest at 2/4 yrs), new-hire RSUs $2.5M (1-mo vest).","West led Johnson Matthey Catalyst Technologies acquisition and integration at Honeywell; 13-year PPG veteran.","Appointment effective September 1, 2026; no family relationships or Item 404(a) transactions disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-002421","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-002421.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-002421.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-002421.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000095014226002421/0000950142-26-002421-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000095014226002421/eh260822995_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-08-24T20:40:08.039570+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}