secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KELLY SERVICES INC (KELYA)
CIK:        0000055135
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-175269
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kelly Services names Chris Layden as President and CEO effective Sept 2, 2025; succeeds retiring Peter Quigley
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- Chris Layden appointed President and CEO, target start date September 2, 2025.
- Peter Quigley retires; remains strategic advisor and board member until May 2026.
- Layden's annual base salary set at $1,000,000; STIP target 125% of salary; 2025 STIP guaranteed at least $450,000.
- Sign-on cash bonus of $450,000; restricted stock grant valued at $4,000,000 vesting over three years (15%/35%/50%).
- Layden was previously COO of Prolink and spent nearly 20 years at ManpowerGroup in senior roles.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312525175269/0001193125-25-175269-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-175269

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