---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001113169-22-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TROW"
cik: "0001113169"
company_name: "PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T08:25:17.306751+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# T. Rowe Price appoints Kimberly Johnson as COO effective April 29, 2022

## Summary
- Johnson, former Fannie Mae EVP and COO, will lead Global Technology, Investment Operations, and Enterprise Risk.
- She will report to CEO Rob Sharps and serve on the Management Committee.
- Compensation includes $350K base salary, $1.25M signing bonus (subject to repayment), and $1.25M RSU grant.
- Interim COO Robert C.T. Higginbotham will cease to serve in that role on April 29, 2022.
- Johnson holds a B.A. from Princeton and an M.B.A. from Columbia, and serves on Eli Lilly's board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001113169-22-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TROW
- cik: 0001113169
- company_name: PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316922000008/0001113169-22-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316922000008/trow-20220406.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001113169-22-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001113169-22-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001113169-22-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert C.T. Higginbotham departed as interim Chief Operating Officer at PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC.
  - Action: ceased to serve
  - Role: interim Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective April 29, 2022, Robert C.T. Higginbotham, the Company's Vice President and Head of Global Distribution, will cease to serve as the interim COO of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316922000008/0001113169-22-000008-index.htm

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