{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001357615-26-000177","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"KBR","cik":"0001357615","company_name":"KBR, INC.","filed_at":"2026-10-01T21:04:41+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-01T21:06:00.289579+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:27:26.000330+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"KBR adds Rami Qasem to board effective Oct 1, 2026; term runs to 2027 annual meeting","bullets":["Rami Qasem, 59, appointed to KBR's board effective October 1, 2026, with a term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting; committee assignments not yet determined.","Qasem was CEO of APEX Industrial Services (2025 to February 2026) and Managing Director of Energy Capital Group; earlier EVP/Chief Commercial Officer of BeyondAI (2023-2025) and COO of COP28 UAE.","Served 2017-2023 as EVP and CEO, Digital Solutions at Baker Hughes; spent 21 years at GE from 1996, ending as President & CEO, MENA & Turkey (2002-2017).","Board determined Qasem is independent under NYSE rules and a non-employee director under Rule 16b-3; no related-party transactions under Item 404(a).","Appointment comes as KBR advances toward the planned separation of its Mission Technology Solutions business in January 2027, with more updates expected in coming months."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001357615-26-000177","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001357615-26-000177.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001357615-26-000177.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001357615-26-000177.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761526000177/0001357615-26-000177-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761526000177/kbr-20260928.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:27:26.000330+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"}