---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001647088-26-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSC"
cik: "0001647088"
company_name: "WillScot Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2026-10-07T12:05:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:00:35.440368+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WillScot elects Donald Slager to board as independent director, expanding board to 10 members

## Summary
- Board acted Oct 5, 2026 to increase its size from nine to 10 members and elected Donald W. Slager to fill the vacancy, effective Oct 7, 2026.
- Slager appointed to the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee effective Oct 7, 2026; board determined he qualifies as independent under Nasdaq listing standards.
- Slager will be compensated under WillScot's existing non-employee director compensation program; no other terms disclosed.
- Executive Chairman Worthing Jackman framed the move as ongoing board refreshment; CEO Tim Boswell cited Slager's record leading public companies through transformation.
- No changes to executive leadership; Tim Boswell remains CEO and Worthing Jackman remains Executive Chairman.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001647088-26-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSC
- cik: 0001647088
- company_name: WillScot Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2026-10-07T12:05:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1647088/000164708826000063/0001647088-26-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1647088/000164708826000063/wsc-20261005.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001647088-26-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald W. Slager was elected as member of the Board of Directors at WillScot Holdings Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On October 5, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WillScot Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) acted to increase the size of the Board from nine to 10 members and elected Donald W. Slager to serve as a member of the Board to fill the vacancy created by that increase, effective October 7, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1647088/000164708826000063/0001647088-26-000063-index.htm

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