---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-115327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABM"
cik: "0000771497"
company_name: "ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T13:30:09.892049+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABM announces retirement of General Counsel Andrea Newborn; Miranda Tolar named successor effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Andrea Newborn, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, to retire effective February 1, 2025.
- Newborn will cease to serve as an executive officer effective January 1, 2025.
- Miranda Tolar, currently SVP and Deputy General Counsel, will succeed Newborn as General Counsel effective January 1, 2025.
- The filing does not specify a successor for the Secretary role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-115327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABM
- cik: 0000771497
- company_name: ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771497/000095017024115327/0000950170-24-115327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771497/000095017024115327/abm-20241017.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115327
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115327.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115327.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Miranda Tolar was appointed as General Counsel at ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel
  source text: Also effective January 1, 2025, Miranda Tolar, who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Employment Law of ABM, will succeed Ms. Newborn as General Counsel of ABM.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771497/000095017024115327/0000950170-24-115327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrea Newborn retired as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On October 17, 2024, Andrea Newborn, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of ABM Industries Incorporated (“ABM”), notified ABM of her decision to retire from ABM, effective on February 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771497/000095017024115327/0000950170-24-115327-index.htm

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