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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-001432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PKE"
cik: "0000076267"
company_name: "PARK AEROSPACE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:00:33.957305+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Park Aerospace elects Constantine Petropoulos as SVP and Chief Legal and Capital Markets Officer

## Summary
- Effective January 14, 2026, Petropoulos promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Legal and Capital Markets Officer.
- Previously SVP-Administration and General Counsel since February 2025; reports to Chairman & CEO Brian Shore.
- Petropoulos was a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed (2021-2024) and earlier served as Park's General Counsel (2014-2021).
- Shore commented timing of election 'could not be better' for the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-001432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PKE
- cik: 0000076267
- company_name: PARK AEROSPACE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/76267/000143774926001432/0001437749-26-001432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/76267/000143774926001432/pke20260116_8k.htm

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