---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-026110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NX"
cik: "0001423221"
company_name: "Quanex Building Products CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:24:36.892491+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quanex declares $0.08 quarterly dividend; William Griffiths transitions to Non-Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.08 per share declared, payable March 30, 2022 to holders of record March 15, 2022.
- William Griffiths retired as Executive Chairman, now Non-Executive Chairman with $40K annual retainer.
- All nine director nominees elected at annual meeting, including new director Bradley E. Hughes (former Cooper Tire CEO).
- Stockholders approved executive compensation (say-on-pay) and ratified Grant Thornton as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-026110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NX
- cik: 0001423221
- company_name: Quanex Building Products CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465922026110/0001104659-22-026110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465922026110/tm227493d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-026110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-026110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-026110.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Griffiths retired as Non-Executive Chairman at Quanex Building Products CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Non-Executive Chairman
  source text: On February 21, 2022, William Griffiths retired as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) Quanex Building Products Corporation (the “Company”). Mr. Griffiths will remain the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465922026110/0001104659-22-026110-index.htm

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