---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-050650"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEG"
cik: "0000058492"
company_name: "LEGGETT & PLATT INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T09:49:22.191061+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leggett & Platt Announces Retirement of EVP Steven K. Henderson and Succession Plan

## Summary
- Steven K. Henderson, EVP, will retire on April 1, 2024; R. Samuel Smith Jr. succeeds him as SVP, President – Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products.
- CEO J. Mitchell Dolloff will oversee the Specialized Products segment on an interim basis starting April 2, 2024.
- Compensation changes: Benjamin M. Burns' base salary increased to $550,000; CEO Dolloff's 2024 KOIP target raised to 135%; Burns' LTI multiple increased to 200%.
- 2024 PSU and RSU grants: Dolloff received 152,381 target PSUs and 101,587 RSUs; Burns received 32,535 target PSUs and 21,690 RSUs.
- The Board amended the Key Officers Incentive Plan to include an Incentive Compensation Recovery Policy effective February 26, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-050650
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEG
- cik: 0000058492
- company_name: LEGGETT & PLATT INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524050650/0001193125-24-050650-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524050650/d780099d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Mitchell Dolloff changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at LEGGETT & PLATT INC.
  - Action: assumed interim oversight of Specialized Products segment
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: J. Mitchell Dolloff, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer will oversee the Specialized Products segment on an interim basis, beginning April 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524050650/0001193125-24-050650-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven K. Henderson retired as Executive Vice President, President – Specialized Products and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products at LEGGETT & PLATT INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, President – Specialized Products and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products
  source text: On February 26, 2024, Steven K. Henderson, the Company’s Executive Vice President, President – Specialized Products and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products, notified the Company of his decision to retire from the Company, effective April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524050650/0001193125-24-050650-index.htm
- Executive change
  R. Samuel Smith, Jr. was appointed as Senior Vice President, President – Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products at LEGGETT & PLATT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, President – Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products
  source text: R. Samuel Smith, Jr., age 56, will succeed Mr. Henderson as Senior Vice President, President – Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products, effective April 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524050650/0001193125-24-050650-index.htm

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