{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001336920-26-000265","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LDOS","cik":"0001336920","company_name":"Leidos Holdings, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-01T13:10:24+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-01T13:11:00.296001+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:18:22.999103+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Leidos adds AT&T COO Jeff McElfresh to board, expanding to 11 directors","bullets":["Jeff McElfresh, AT&T's (NYSE: T) chief operating officer, elected to the Leidos board effective Oct. 1, 2026; board size increases from 10 to 11 members.","McElfresh is independent under NYSE rules and will serve on the Corporate Governance and Ethics and Technology and Information Security committees.","At AT&T, McElfresh oversees a $250 billion nationwide advanced connectivity infrastructure transformation and previously led AT&T cybersecurity, data management and labs.","Compensation follows standard non-employee director arrangements described in the March 19, 2026 proxy; no Item 404(a) related-party transactions or side arrangements disclosed.","CEO Tom Bell and Board Chair Bob Shapard cite his technology and infrastructure experience as supporting the NorthStar 2030 growth strategy."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336920-26-000265","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336920-26-000265.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336920-26-000265.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336920-26-000265.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692026000265/0001336920-26-000265-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692026000265/ldos-20261001.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:18:22.999103+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":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}