---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-202794"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TREX"
cik: "0001069878"
company_name: "TREX CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:49:06.525022+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trex appoints Zachary Lauer as COO, effective April 28, with $493k base salary and 60% cash target

## Summary
- Lauer, formerly SVP Supply Chain & Manufacturing, promoted to COO overseeing manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and R&D.
- Base salary $493,000 (prorated for 2026); cash incentive target 60% of salary; long-term equity target 135%.
- Enters standard change-in-control severance (1.5x salary plus target) and severance agreement (1x salary plus accelerated vesting).
- At April 28 annual meeting, shareholders elected four directors (all for, but Volas had 7.5M against) and ratified Ernst & Young.
- Advisory say-on-pay vote passed with 44.9M for, 34.7M against (43.5% opposed).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-202794
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TREX
- cik: 0001069878
- company_name: TREX CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069878/000119312526202794/0001193125-26-202794-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069878/000119312526202794/trex-20260504.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-202794
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-202794.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-202794.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Zachary C. Lauer was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer at TREX CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer
  source text: appointed Zachary C. Lauer to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069878/000119312526202794/0001193125-26-202794-index.htm

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