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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-037980"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:52:00.977600+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials names Ronnie Pruitt CEO effective Jan. 1, 2026; Hill becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Ronnie Pruitt, current COO, elected CEO effective Jan. 1, 2026; also expected to join the Board.
- J. Thomas Hill steps down as CEO but remains Executive Chairman of the Board.
- Succession follows a comprehensive planning process; compensation terms to be disclosed later.
- Pruitt has 30+ years in building materials, joined Vulcan via 2021 U.S. Concrete acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-037980
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036125037980/0001140361-25-037980-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036125037980/ef20056957_8k.htm

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