---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-023780"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T06:47:07.335078+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec appoints Byron Foster to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Byron Foster, President of Dana Inc.'s Light Vehicle Drive Systems, elected to Wabtec board effective July 8, 2021.
- Foster will serve on Compensation and Audit Committees; term expires in 2023.
- Compensation same as other non-employee directors per 2021 proxy statement.
- Routine business transactions between Wabtec and Dana: ~$27M in FY2020, ~$7M in 2021 YTD.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-023780
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036121023780/0001140361-21-023780-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036121023780/brhc10026725_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-023780
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-023780.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-023780.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Byron Foster was elected as member of the board of directors at WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On July 8, 2021, Byron Foster was elected to serve as a member of the board of directors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036121023780/0001140361-21-023780-index.htm

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