---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-002035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T10:12:14.238299+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands appoints Workday EVP Ashley Goldsmith to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Ashley D. Goldsmith, EVP & Chief People Officer of Workday, elected to Kontoor Brands Board effective February 7, 2022.
- Board increased from six to seven directors; Goldsmith appointed as Class I director subject to re-election at 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Goldsmith to serve on Talent & Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.
- Board determined Goldsmith is independent under SEC and NYSE rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-002035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000162828022002035/0001628280-22-002035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000162828022002035/ktb-20220207.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-002035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-002035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-002035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ashley D. Goldsmith was appointed as Director at Kontoor Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) determined to increase the size of the Board from six directors to seven directors and approved the appointment of Ashley D. Goldsmith to the Board as a Class I director, subject to her re-election at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000162828022002035/0001628280-22-002035-index.htm

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