---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-039959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THO"
cik: "0000730263"
company_name: "THOR INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:35:57.930684+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Thor Industries appoints Christina Hennington and Laurel Hurd to board; Kosowsky to retire

## Summary
- Hennington (EVP & Chief Growth Officer of Target) and Hurd (Segment President, Newell Brands) join board effective Sept 1, 2021.
- Director Allen Kosowsky plans to retire in October 2021 after 15 years of service.
- New directors will receive standard non-employee compensation: $170,000 annual cash retainer plus RSUs.
- Hennington will serve on Nominating/Governance and Compensation committees; Hurd on Audit committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-039959
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THO
- cik: 0000730263
- company_name: THOR INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000156459021039959/0001564590-21-039959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000156459021039959/tho-8k_20210729.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-039959.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Allen Kosowsky retired as director at THOR INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: director
  source text: The Board also accepted the planned retirement of J. Allen Kosowsky as a director effective in October, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000156459021039959/0001564590-21-039959-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christina Hennington was appointed as director at THOR INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 29, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of THOR Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Christina Hennington and Laurel Hurd as directors of the Company effective September 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000156459021039959/0001564590-21-039959-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laurel Hurd was appointed as director at THOR INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 29, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of THOR Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Christina Hennington and Laurel Hurd as directors of the Company effective September 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000156459021039959/0001564590-21-039959-index.htm

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