---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-003414"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STAG"
cik: "0001479094"
company_name: "STAG Industrial, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:35:50.656714+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# STAG Industrial CEO succession: Butcher to Executive Chairman July 1, Crooker to CEO, Pinard appointed CFO

## Summary
- Benjamin Butcher to become Executive Chairman on July 1, 2022; William Crooker succeeds him as CEO and joins the Board.
- Matts Pinard appointed EVP, CFO and Treasurer effective Jan 10, 2022; Crooker remains President until July.
- Pinard employment agreement: $375k base salary, bonus eligibility, equity awards; severance includes 2x (base+bonus) and 18-month COBRA.
- Succession part of planned management transition; Butcher remains involved as Executive Chairman.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-003414
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STAG
- cik: 0001479094
- company_name: STAG Industrial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1479094/000110465922003414/0001104659-22-003414-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1479094/000110465922003414/tm222578d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-003414.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matts S. Pinard was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at STAG Industrial, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: the Board appointed Matts S. Pinard as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1479094/000110465922003414/0001104659-22-003414-index.htm
- Executive change
  William R. Crooker was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at STAG Industrial, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: William R. Crooker, the Company’s current President, will be appointed Chief Executive Officer and join the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1479094/000110465922003414/0001104659-22-003414-index.htm
- Executive change
  William R. Crooker changed role as Chief Financial Officer at STAG Industrial, Inc..
  - Action: relinquished
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Crooker, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer until Mr. Pinard’s appointment, will no longer be the Company’s principal financial officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1479094/000110465922003414/0001104659-22-003414-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benjamin S. Butcher changed role as Executive Chairman at STAG Industrial, Inc..
  - Action: become
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: the Company expects that, on July 1, 2022, Benjamin S. Butcher, the Company’s current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, will become Executive Chairman of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1479094/000110465922003414/0001104659-22-003414-index.htm

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