{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001810019-25-000117","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"RXT","cik":"0001810019","company_name":"Rackspace Technology, Inc.","filed_at":"2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:45.070394+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T08:56:20.002236+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Rackspace names Gajen Kandiah CEO, effective Sept 3; Maletira becomes Vice Chairman","bullets":["Mr. Kandiah appointed CEO effective Sept 3, 2025; succeeds Amar Maletira who becomes Vice Chairman until Sept 30.","Kandiah previously President/COO of Hitachi Digital, CEO of Hitachi Vantara; 16 years at Cognizant.","Employment agreement: $1M salary, 150% bonus target, 4M RSUs and 6M stock options vesting over 4 years.","Maletira to step down from board after Sept 30; transition supports Rackspace's AI-first multicloud strategy.","Strategic priorities include accelerating platform innovation in cloud management and private AI, deepening partnerships."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001810019-25-000117","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001810019-25-000117.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001810019-25-000117.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001810019-25-000117.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810019/000181001925000117/0001810019-25-000117-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810019/000181001925000117/rxt-20250830.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T08:56:20.002236+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}