---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-041645"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPD"
cik: "0000746515"
company_name: "EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:05:07.719368+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expeditors Chairman Robert R. Wright will not stand for re-election; Robert P. Carlile named Chair-Elect

## Summary
- Robert R. Wright to step down as Chairman after his term ends at the 2022 Annual Meeting; decision not due to disagreement.
- Board appoints Robert P. Carlile (Director since May 2019, Audit Committee Chair) as Chair-Elect, effective immediately.
- Succession is planned and orderly; no conflict with management or Board cited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-041645
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPD
- cik: 0000746515
- company_name: EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021041645/0001564590-21-041645-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021041645/expd-8k_20210802.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-041645
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-041645.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-041645.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert P. Carlile was appointed as Chair-Elect of the Board at EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair-Elect of the Board
  source text: the Board has appointed Robert P. Carlile as Chair-Elect of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021041645/0001564590-21-041645-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert R. Wright departed as Chairman of the Board of Directors at EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
  - Action: does not intend to stand for re-election
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: On August 2, 2021, Robert R. Wright, Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (the “Company”), provided notice to the Board that upon completion of his current term as Director, he does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021041645/0001564590-21-041645-index.htm

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