---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:45:15.200116+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands appoints Waldron and Waldeck as Co-COOs with expanded roles

## Summary
- Tom Waldron named EVP, Co-COO and Global Brand President of Wrangler; adds product development, innovation, procurement oversight.
- Chris Waldeck named EVP, Co-COO and Global Brand President of Lee; adds oversight of international markets and DTC channels.
- Appointments effective March 17, 2022; no changes to compensation arrangements for either executive.
- CEO Scott Baxter cites completion of ERP implementation and strong 2021 performance as rationale for restructuring.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096522000013/0001760965-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096522000013/ktb-20220317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-22-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-22-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-22-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Waldeck was appointed as Co-Chief Operating Officer at Kontoor Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Thomas E. Waldron, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Global Brand President — Wrangler and Christopher Waldeck, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Global Brand President — Lee, as the Company’s Co-Chief Operating Officers, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096522000013/0001760965-22-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas E. Waldron was appointed as Co-Chief Operating Officer at Kontoor Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Thomas E. Waldron, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Global Brand President — Wrangler and Christopher Waldeck, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Global Brand President — Lee, as the Company’s Co-Chief Operating Officers, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096522000013/0001760965-22-000013-index.htm

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