---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-029193"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T19:04:08.583208+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation board change: director Holloman retires; Microsoft exec Jolla elected

## Summary
- J. Phillip Holloman retired from board on Feb. 8, 2023, not due to any disagreement.
- Alice L. Jolla, Microsoft's Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate VP, elected to board effective Feb. 8, 2023.
- Jolla appointed to Audit Committee and Board Composition & Corporate Governance Committee.
- Jolla will receive standard non-employee director compensation including $129,167 in equity under 2020 LTIP.
- Jolla brings over 30 years finance/accounting experience from Microsoft, Dow, and Union Carbide.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-029193
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312523029193/0001193125-23-029193-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312523029193/d420548d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-029193
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-029193.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-029193.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alice L. Jolla was elected as Director at ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 8, 2023, the Board elected Alice L. Jolla as a director of the Company effective February 8, 2023 and designated her as a member of the class of directors with a term expiring at our 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareowners.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312523029193/0001193125-23-029193-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Phillip Holloman retired as Director at ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: J. Phillip Holloman, who has served on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (the “Company’) since 2013, informed the Company on February 7, 2023 of his intention to retire from the Board, with the retirement effective February 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312523029193/0001193125-23-029193-index.htm

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