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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-405454"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SARO"
cik: "0002025410"
company_name: "StandardAero, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-28T20:51:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:37:13.551161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# StandardAero COO Kimberly Ernzen exits role Sept 28, 2026; stays employed through year-end

## Summary
- Kimberly Ernzen will no longer serve as Chief Operating Officer of StandardAero, effective September 28, 2026; no successor or interim COO was named.
- Ernzen will remain employed by the Company from the Transition Date through December 31, 2026 to support leadership transition efforts.
- StandardAero expects to enter into a transition agreement with Ernzen, but the terms have not yet been determined.
- The filing discloses no reason for the departure and no replacement appointment or effective date for a new COO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-405454
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SARO
- cik: 0002025410
- company_name: StandardAero, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-28T20:51:24+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025410/000119312526405454/0001193125-26-405454-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025410/000119312526405454/saro-20260928.htm

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