---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-018342"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSX"
cik: "0000277948"
company_name: "CSX CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:34:46.441433+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CSX appoints Sean Pelkey as permanent EVP & CFO effective immediately

## Summary
- Sean R. Pelkey, 42, appointed Executive VP and CFO, effective Jan 24, 2022; had been Acting CFO since June 2021.
- Base salary raised to $600,000 (from $516,000); target bonus increased to 90% of base salary (from 70%).
- Long-term equity grant of $1.2M: 50% RSUs and 50% stock options, vesting 50% at years two and three.
- Pelkey, a 17-year CSX veteran, previously served as VP of Finance & Treasury and assistant VP capital markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-018342
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSX
- cik: 0000277948
- company_name: CSX CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-26T23:59:59+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/277948/000119312522018342/0001193125-22-018342-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000119312522018342/d298001d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-018342.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sean R. Pelkey was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CSX CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 24, 2022, CSX Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) of Sean R. Pelkey, age 42, to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000119312522018342/0001193125-22-018342-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin S. Boone was appointed as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at CSX CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
  source text: following the appointment of Kevin S. Boone, who most recently served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to the position of Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000119312522018342/0001193125-22-018342-index.htm

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