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accession: "0001104659-25-103181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NX"
cik: "0001423221"
company_name: "Quanex Building Products CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:54:42.351597+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quanex appoints Mary K. Lawler to Board of Directors effective Nov 1, 2025

## Summary
- Mary K. Lawler, age 60, appointed to Quanex Board effective November 1, 2025.
- She is SVP and Chief HR Officer of Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a global manufacturer.
- Lawler will serve on Compensation & Management Development and Nominating & Governance committees.
- Standard director compensation: annual RSU grant on Nov 3, 2025, plus indemnification agreement.
- She brings global manufacturing HR leadership and strategic vision to Quanex's growth strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-103181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NX
- cik: 0001423221
- company_name: Quanex Building Products CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465925103181/0001104659-25-103181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000110465925103181/tm2529083d2_8k.htm

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