---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-26-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-24T21:03:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-24T21:04:08.885220+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands expands board to 9, adds ex-PepsiCo CFO Caulfield and Wingstop CEO Skipworth

## Summary
- Board increased from 7 to 9 directors; appointments effective immediately, term through 2027 annual meeting.
- James T. Caulfield (67), former PepsiCo EVP & CFO, joins Audit and Nominating & Governance committees.
- Michael J. Skipworth (49), Wingstop President & CEO, joins Audit and Talent & Compensation committees.
- Both will receive standard non-employee director compensation per the company's proxy statement; standard indemnification agreements expected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-26-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-24T21:03:01+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000064/0001760965-26-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000064/ktb-20260923.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-26-000064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-26-000064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-26-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Skipworth was appointed as Director at Kontoor Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 23, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven to nine directors and approved the appointment of James T. Caulfield and Michael J. Skipworth, each as a director of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000064/0001760965-26-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  James T. Caulfield was appointed as Director at Kontoor Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 23, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven to nine directors and approved the appointment of James T. Caulfield and Michael J. Skipworth, each as a director of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000064/0001760965-26-000064-index.htm

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