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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"
generated_at: "2026-08-24T20:40:08.039570+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QXO appoints Ken West as President and COO effective Sept 1, 2026

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- 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

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