{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-417702","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"KEX","cik":"0000056047","company_name":"KIRBY CORP","filed_at":"2026-10-08T16:28:04+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-08T16:29:05.203899+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:33:13.622009+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Kirby VP, Controller Ronald Dragg, 62, to retire in Q1 2027 after 30 years of service","bullets":["Ronald A. Dragg, 62, Kirby's Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary, told the company on Oct 6, 2026 he intends to retire in the first quarter of 2027.","Retirement will follow the filing of Kirby's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2026; Dragg stays in his current positions through the transition.","Kirby said the retirement is not the result of any disagreement over operations, policies, practices, accounting principles, financial statement disclosures or internal controls.","No successor was named; terms of any compensatory arrangement are undetermined and would be disclosed via an 8-K amendment if material.","Company thanked Dragg for 30 years of service and said he will help ensure an orderly transition of his responsibilities."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417702","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417702.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417702.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417702.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000119312526417702/0001193125-26-417702-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000119312526417702/kex-20261006.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:33:13.622009+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"9fca5cb92b","claim":"Ronald A. Dragg departed as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary at KIRBY CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"On October 6, 2026, Ronald A. Dragg, 62, currently Kirby Corporation’s Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary, informed Kirby Corporation (the “Company”) that he intends to retire in the first quarter of 2027 following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2026.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000119312526417702/0001193125-26-417702-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}