---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001357615-25-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KBR"
cik: "0001357615"
company_name: "KBR, INC."
filed_at: "2025-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T08:51:05.415077+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KBR COO Byron Bright resigns effective July 11, 2025; $1.5M severance

## Summary
- Bright resigns as COO; receives $1.5M lump-sum severance and release under Jan 2021 agreement.
- Bright had served as COO only since Jan 2025 after portfolio realignment into MTS and STS segments.
- Doug Hill (Readiness & Sustainment) and Mark Kavanaugh (Defense, Intel & Space) now report directly to CEO.
- KBR expects no operational disruption in MTS or broader portfolio from Bright's departure.
- Q2 2025 earnings call scheduled for July 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001357615-25-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KBR
- cik: 0001357615
- company_name: KBR, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761525000038/0001357615-25-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761525000038/kbr-20250708.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001357615-25-000038.txt

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