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Issuer:     EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC (EXPD)
CIK:        0000746515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-041645
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021041645/0001564590-21-041645-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021041645/expd-8k_20210802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-041645

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