secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC (ROK)
CIK:        0001024478
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-179983
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Rockwell Automation appoints Christian Rothe as CFO, effective Aug. 19, replacing retiring Gangestad
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- Christian Rothe, former Graco Inc. president of Global Industrial Division, named SVP and CFO of Rockwell Automation.
- Rothe replaces Nick Gangestad, who announced retirement on May 7 and served as CFO since 2021.
- Compensation includes $800,000 annual salary, 100% annual incentive target, and $1M each in stock options and RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- Sign-on cash payments of $500,000 (within 30 days) and $250,000 (six-month anniversary), subject to repayment if resignation or termination for cause within 2 years.
- Rothe received a change of control agreement and standard relocation assistance; he will be based in Milwaukee, WI.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312524179983/0001193125-24-179983-index.htm
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