---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001048268-25-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IESC"
cik: "0001048268"
company_name: "IES Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T01:02:34.991115+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IES Holdings appoints Matthew Simmes as CEO effective July 1, 2025

## Summary
- Matthew Simmes, current President & COO, becomes President & CEO on July 1, 2025, succeeding Jeffrey Gendell.
- Jeffrey Gendell transitions to Executive Chairman, continuing to lead the Board and focus on strategy.
- Simmes has over 31 years at IES, previously President of Communications segment and COO since 2021.
- Succession follows a planned executive transition; Gendell had served as CEO since 2020.
- Simmes will also join the Board; compensation changes not yet determined.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001048268-25-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IESC
- cik: 0001048268
- company_name: IES Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048268/000104826825000070/0001048268-25-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048268/000104826825000070/iesc-20250519.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001048268-25-000070
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001048268-25-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey L. Gendell changed role as Executive Chairman of the Board at IES Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: will become
  - Role: Executive Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Gendell will continue to serve as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer until July 1, 2025, at which point he will become Executive Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048268/000104826825000070/0001048268-25-000070-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew J. Simmes was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at IES Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Matthew J. Simmes as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective July 1, 2025, succeeding Jeffrey L. Gendell.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048268/000104826825000070/0001048268-25-000070-index.htm

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