---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-087322"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-28T12:15:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-28T12:20:09.450726+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont Board Chair Mogens C. Bay to retire Dec 2026; Catherine J. Paglia to succeed

## Summary
- Mogens C. Bay informed the Board on July 27, 2026 of his retirement at fiscal year-end December 26, 2026.
- Catherine J. Paglia, current Vice Chair and Lead Independent Director, will succeed Bay as Board Chair.
- The succession is effective upon Bay's retirement at the end of the fiscal year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-087322
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-28T12:15:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926087322/0001104659-26-087322-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926087322/vmi-20260727x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-087322
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-087322.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-087322.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mogens C. Bay departed as Board Chair at VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Board Chair
  source text: Mogens C. Bay informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Valmont Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to retire from the Board at the end of the Company’s fiscal year, December 26, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926087322/0001104659-26-087322-index.htm
- Executive change
  Catherine J. Paglia was appointed as Board Chair at VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: succeed
  - Role: Board Chair
  source text: Catherine J. Paglia, the Company’s Vice Chair of the Board and Lead Independent Director, will succeed Mr. Bay as Board Chair upon his retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926087322/0001104659-26-087322-index.htm

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