---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-000234"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WOR"
cik: "0000108516"
company_name: "WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:17:45.618969+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairman John P. McConnell to step down in June; son John H. McConnell II appointed to board

## Summary
- John P. McConnell, Executive Chairman, intends to resign from board in June 2023.
- Board increased size to 12 and appointed John H. McConnell II as director effective Jan 4, 2023.
- John H. McConnell II is VP, Global Business Development, Sustainable Energy Solutions.
- Appointment to provide orderly transition; McConnell II will not receive director compensation.
- Company notes pending separation of Steel Processing business (Worthington 2024 plan).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-000234
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WOR
- cik: 0000108516
- company_name: WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108516/000095017023000234/0000950170-23-000234-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108516/000095017023000234/wor-20230104.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000234.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John P. McConnell departed as Executive Chairman at WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC..
  - Action: intends to step down
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On January 4, 2023, John P. McConnell, Executive Chairman of Worthington Industries, Inc. (the "Registrant"), notified the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Registrant that he intends to step down from the Board in June 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108516/000095017023000234/0000950170-23-000234-index.htm
- Executive change
  John H. McConnell II was appointed as Director at WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The appointment of John H. McConnell II, who is the son of John P. McConnell, was effective January 4, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108516/000095017023000234/0000950170-23-000234-index.htm

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