---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-037682"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:08:31.722517+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby appoints Christopher Hix to board effective Feb 1, 2026

## Summary
- Appointment effective February 1, 2026; board expands to 11 members.
- Hix brings 30+ years of financial experience, served as CFO of Enovis and Colfax.
- He will serve on the Audit Committee and receive standard director compensation.
- Appointment supports Middleby's transformation into a pure-play commercial foodservice equipment company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-037682
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000119312526037682/0001193125-26-037682-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000119312526037682/d101015d8k.htm

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