---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-016704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WS"
cik: "0001968487"
company_name: "Worthington Steel, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T16:45:10.576509+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Worthington Steel's General Counsel resigns; Joseph Heuer appointed interim

## Summary
- Michaune D. Tillman, VP – General Counsel & Secretary, resigned effective Jan 22, 2024 to accept another opportunity.
- She will remain to facilitate transition; Joseph Y. Heuer named interim General Counsel effective Jan 24.
- Heuer previously served as Assistant General Counsel with nearly 20 years legal experience at firms including Worthington Industries and Big Lots.
- No other officer changes disclosed; transition is orderly and non-disruptive.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-016704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WS
- cik: 0001968487
- company_name: Worthington Steel, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968487/000119312524016704/0001193125-24-016704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968487/000119312524016704/d140144d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-016704.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Y. Heuer was appointed as interim General Counsel at Worthington Steel, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim General Counsel
  source text: Joseph Y. Heuer, who was named interim General Counsel effective January 24, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968487/000119312524016704/0001193125-24-016704-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michaune D. Tillman resigned as Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary at Worthington Steel, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On January 22, 2024, Michaune D. Tillman, Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary of Worthington Steel, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our” and “registrant”), provided us with notice of her resignation to accept another opportunity with a non-competing company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968487/000119312524016704/0001193125-24-016704-index.htm

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