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Issuer:     EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC (EXPD)
CIK:        0000746515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-076849
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017025076849/0000950170-25-076849-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017025076849/expd-20250521.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-076849

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