secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     QXO, Inc. (QXO)
CIK:        0001236275
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-24T20:38:51+00:00
Accession:  0000950142-26-002421
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000095014226002421/0000950142-26-002421-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000095014226002421/eh260822995_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-002421

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