secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KIRBY CORP (KEX)
CIK:        0000056047
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-21-000554
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kirby elects Shawn D. Williams as new independent director; granted $150,750 in restricted shares
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- Shawn D. Williams elected to Kirby's Board as Class III director effective July 27, 2021.
- Received automatic grant of ~$150,750 in restricted shares (6-month vest) and prorated annual fee of $56,250.
- Williams is Chairman/Acting CEO of Covia Holdings, with prior CEO role at Nexeo Plastics and leadership at Momentive and GE.
- Also serves on board of TETRA Technologies and has extensive chemicals and oilfield industry background.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000095017021000554/0000950170-21-000554-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000095017021000554/kex-20210727.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-000554

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