---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-128000"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWXT"
cik: "0001486957"
company_name: "BWX Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:36:12.892211+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairman John A. Fees to retire at May 2022 annual meeting after 43-year tenure

## Summary
- John A. Fees notified the Board on October 20, 2021 of his retirement effective at the 2022 Annual Meeting on May 3, 2022.
- Fees has served nearly 43 years with the company, including as Chairman of the Board.
- The Board will elect a new chairman on or before the date of the Annual Meeting.
- Retirement is not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-128000
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWXT
- cik: 0001486957
- company_name: BWX Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-20T23:59:59+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/1486957/000110465921128000/0001104659-21-128000-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000110465921128000/tm2130645d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-128000.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John A. Fees departed as Chairman of the Board of Directors at BWX Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: intent to retire
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: On October 20, 2021, John A. Fees, Chairman of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of BWX Technologies, Inc. (“BWXT” or “Company”), notified the Board of his intent to retire at the conclusion of his current term at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 3, 2022 (“Annual Meeting”), concluding his nearly 43 years with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000110465921128000/0001104659-21-128000-index.htm

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