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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-011548"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPIH"
cik: "0000914122"
company_name: "Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:11:55.854826+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Perma-Pipe appoints Nancy Zakhour (independent) and CEO Saleh Sagr to board

## Summary
- Nancy Zakhour appointed independent director effective April 8, 2026; serves on Audit, Compensation, and Nominating & Governance committees.
- Zakhour is Chief Commercial Officer at Clean Energy Services, former Piper Sandler banker, and Oxy/1PointFive leader in carbon capture and renewables.
- Saleh Sagr, President & CEO since June 2025, appointed to board effective April 8, 2026; does not qualify as independent under Nasdaq standards.
- Board cites Zakhour's expertise in global energy transition and capital markets; Sagr's first-year performance praised as outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-011548
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPIH
- cik: 0000914122
- company_name: Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914122/000143774926011548/0001437749-26-011548-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914122/000143774926011548/ppih20260330_8k.htm

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