---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-133023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NX"
cik: "0001423221"
company_name: "Quanex Building Products CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:02:16.926008+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quanex appoints Jason Lippert to board; Griffiths to retire as Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Jason Lippert (CEO of LCI Industries) appointed to Board effective Nov 1, 2021.
- William Griffiths to retire as Executive Chairman on Feb 21, 2022, remain Non-Executive Chairman.
- Joseph Rupp will not stand for re-election at next annual meeting.
- Lippert brings over 25 years of manufacturing/operations leadership experience.
- Griffiths' retirement not related to any disagreement on operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-133023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NX
- cik: 0001423221
- company_name: Quanex Building Products CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-02T23:59:59+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/1423221/000110465921133023/0001104659-21-133023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465921133023/tm2131616d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-133023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jason Lippert was appointed as Director at Quanex Building Products CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Quanex Building Products Corporation (the “Company”), acting upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Jason Lippert, age 49, to the Board, effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465921133023/0001104659-21-133023-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Griffiths changed role as Executive Chairman at Quanex Building Products CORP.
  - Action: notified intention to retire as executive
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Company’s current Executive Chairman, William Griffiths, age 70, notified the Board of his intention to retire from the Company as an executive on February 21, 2022. Mr. Griffiths intends to remain as the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman after that time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465921133023/0001104659-21-133023-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph Rupp departed as Director at Quanex Building Products CORP.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Joseph Rupp, age 71, notified the Board of his intention to not stand for re-election at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465921133023/0001104659-21-133023-index.htm

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