---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-069598"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HON"
cik: "0000773840"
company_name: "HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T04:03:53.110637+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Honeywell names Vimal Kapur CEO effective June 1; Adamczyk becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Vimal Kapur, 57, current President & COO, appointed CEO effective June 1, 2023, and elected to Board.
- Kapur's compensation: base salary $1.5M, target annual incentive 175% of base, 2024 LTI target of $13M.
- Darius Adamczyk becomes Executive Chairman; base salary $1.275M, target annual incentive $1.93375M, 2024 LTI $9M.
- Billal Hammoud appointed President & CEO of Honeywell Building Technologies effective April 1, 2023, replacing Doug Wright.
- Under Adamczyk (CEO since 2017), market cap grew from $88B to $145B; cumulative TSR 128% vs S&P 500 109%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-069598
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HON
- cik: 0000773840
- company_name: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312523069598/0001193125-23-069598-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312523069598/d780318d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-069598.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vimal Kapur was appointed as Director at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Vimal Kapur, age 57, was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell” or the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312523069598/0001193125-23-069598-index.htm
- Executive change
  Darius Adamczyk changed role as Executive Chairman of the Board at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Adamczyk will cease to be CEO but remain as an employee of the Company in the capacity of Executive Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312523069598/0001193125-23-069598-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vimal Kapur was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Kapur will succeed Honeywell’s current Chairman and CEO, Mr. Darius Adamczyk, as CEO effective June 1, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312523069598/0001193125-23-069598-index.htm

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