---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001486957-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWXT"
cik: "0001486957"
company_name: "BWX Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:36:50.139731+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BWXT appoints Jan A. Bertsch as new board chair, succeeding John A. Fees

## Summary
- Bertsch elected chair effective May 3, 2022; served as independent director since 2013 and chaired audit/finance.
- All nine director nominees elected; Robert Nardelli received 73.8M for, 8.3M against.
- Advisory vote on 2021 named-executive-officer compensation passed 79.9M to 2.2M.
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor for 2022 passed 85.8M to 333.5K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001486957-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWXT
- cik: 0001486957
- company_name: BWX Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000148695722000013/0001486957-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000148695722000013/bwxt-20220503.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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