---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-061600"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBWI"
cik: "0000701985"
company_name: "Bath & Body Works, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T12:21:30.194748+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bath & Body Works appoints Thomas J. Kuhn to board; Third Point drops proxy contest

## Summary
- Thomas J. Kuhn appointed as independent director effective March 10, 2023; brings 35 years of financial and legal advisory experience.
- Kuhn was recommended by activist investor Third Point LLC; Third Point will no longer nominate candidates for 2023 annual meeting.
- Board now has 13 directors, 12 independent, 7 from diverse communities; follows recent appointments of Lucy Brady and Steve Voskuil.
- Kuhn currently Managing Member of Doorbrook LLC; previously at Allen & Company and Covington & Burling.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-061600
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBWI
- cik: 0000701985
- company_name: Bath & Body Works, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000119312523061600/0001193125-23-061600-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000119312523061600/d420827d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-061600
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-061600.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-061600.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas J. Kuhn was appointed as Director at Bath & Body Works, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 5, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Thomas J. Kuhn as an independent director of the Company effective as of March 10, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000119312523061600/0001193125-23-061600-index.htm

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