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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001571283-25-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REXR"
cik: "0001571283"
company_name: "Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:46:41.987580+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rexford Industrial names COO Laura Clark CEO effective April 1, 2026; strategic overhaul with $20–25M G&A savings

## Summary
- Laura Clark, current COO, will become CEO on April 1, 2026, succeeding co-CEOs Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer.
- Frankel and Schwimmer receive $22.59M each in restricted stock awards; they remain directors until the 2026 annual meeting.
- Company targets $20–25M net G&A savings in 2026, with full-year G&A guided to $57–62M (below 6.2% of revenue).
- Capital allocation reformed: programmatic dispositions, reduced development exposure, share repurchases when NAV discount exists.
- New independent director to be added by end of 2025 after constructive engagement with Elliott Investment Management.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001571283-25-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REXR
- cik: 0001571283
- company_name: Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571283/000157128325000057/0001571283-25-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571283/000157128325000057/rexr-20251117.htm

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