---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-076849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPD"
cik: "0000746515"
company_name: "EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T16:31:38.807415+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expeditors enters employment agreements with three top executives at $100k base salary

## Summary
- Kelly Blacker (President Global Geographies), Blake Bell (President Global Business Dev), Bradley Powell (SVP & CFO) sign new employment agreements.
- Annual base salary set at $100,000 each, subject to periodic review and adjustment.
- Severance: if terminated without cause, lump sum equal to 1/2 of total cash compensation over prior 12 months.
- 6-month non-compete and 12-month non-solicitation provisions included; each received $5,000 signing consideration.
- Blacker's agreement effective April 1, 2025; Bell's and Powell's effective May 20, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-076849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPD
- cik: 0000746515
- company_name: EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017025076849/0000950170-25-076849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017025076849/expd-20250521.htm

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