---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-028591"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYTS"
cik: "0000763532"
company_name: "LSI INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-20T12:00:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-20T12:06:02.874472+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LSI Industries CFO James Galeese to retire Aug 31, 2027; successor search underway

## Summary
- James E. Galeese, EVP & CFO, to retire Aug 31, 2027 after over a decade of service.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement; he remains in role for ~1 year transition.
- Successor search initiated; internal and external candidates considered by Executive Committee with global search firm.
- Successor expected to be named during first half of calendar 2027; Galeese to advise LSI after CFO tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-028591
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYTS
- cik: 0000763532
- company_name: LSI INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-20T12:00:19+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774926028591/0001437749-26-028591-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774926028591/lyts20260817_8k.htm

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