---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001539497-22-000743"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LXP"
cik: "0000910108"
company_name: "LXP Industrial Trust"
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:24:07.583327+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LXP appoints Arun Gupta to board of trustees, size increases to 8; strategic review ongoing

## Summary
- Arun Gupta appointed to LXP board effective April 1, 2022; board expands from 7 to 8 trustees.
- Gupta brings venture capital, cybersecurity, and technology expertise; Venture Partner at Columbia Capital.
- Richard S. Frary, lead independent trustee, will not stand for reelection in 2023.
- LXP continues board refreshment; six new independent trustees added since 2015.
- Board is exploring strategic alternatives including sale/merger, with no set timetable; process announced Feb 8, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001539497-22-000743
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LXP
- cik: 0000910108
- company_name: LXP Industrial Trust
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910108/000153949722000743/0001539497-22-000743-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910108/000153949722000743/n3045-x2_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001539497-22-000743
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001539497-22-000743.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001539497-22-000743.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Arun Gupta was appointed as Member of the Board of Trustees at LXP Industrial Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board of Trustees
  source text: Effective March 28, 2022, our Board of Trustees (1) increased the size of the Board of Trustees from seven trustees to eight trustees and (2) appointed Arun Gupta as a member of the Board of Trustees.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910108/000153949722000743/0001539497-22-000743-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.