---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-258496"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FDX"
cik: "0001048911"
company_name: "FEDEX CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:36:27.067645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FedEx principal accounting officer resigns; Guy Erwin named interim successor

## Summary
- Jennifer L. Johnson resigns as Corporate VP and Principal Accounting Officer, effective Oct 20, 2023.
- Guy M. Erwin II appointed Interim Principal Accounting Officer from Oct 21, 2023.
- Erwin, 47, is Staff VP and Corporate Controller since September 2021 (FedEx employee since 2001).
- No family relationships or reportable transactions with Erwin under Item 404(a).
- Permanent successor search underway; Erwin serves until then.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-258496
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FDX
- cik: 0001048911
- company_name: FEDEX CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048911/000119312523258496/0001193125-23-258496-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048911/000119312523258496/d559391d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-258496
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-258496.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-258496.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer L. Johnson resigned as Corporate Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer at FEDEX CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Corporate Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Jennifer L. Johnson, Corporate Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer of FedEx Corporation (“FedEx” or the “Company”), has resigned from her position with the Company effective October 20, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048911/000119312523258496/0001193125-23-258496-index.htm
- Executive change
  Guy M. Erwin II was appointed as Interim Principal Accounting Officer at FEDEX CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of FedEx has appointed Guy M. Erwin II to serve as the Company’s Interim Principal Accounting Officer beginning on October 21, 2023, until the appointment of Ms. Johnson’s permanent successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048911/000119312523258496/0001193125-23-258496-index.htm

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