---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001852244-23-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GXO"
cik: "0001852244"
company_name: "GXO Logistics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T00:12:28.193633+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GXO Logistics appoints Matthew J. Fassler to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Fassler appointed as non-independent Class I director, term until 2025 annual meeting.
- Fassler previously Chief Strategy Officer at XPO (2018-2022) and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs for over 20 years.
- Annual compensation: $80,000 cash retainer and $190,000 RSU grant, prorated for 2023 with 783 RSUs vesting January 2024.
- No related party transactions or family relationships with directors or officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001852244-23-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GXO
- cik: 0001852244
- company_name: GXO Logistics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852244/000185224423000032/0001852244-23-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852244/000185224423000032/gxo-20231011.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001852244-23-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew J. Fassler was appointed as Director at GXO Logistics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 11, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of GXO Logistics, Inc. (the “Company”) expanded the size of the Board from eight to nine directors and appointed Matthew J. Fassler to the Board as a non-independent director, effective immediately, in accordance with the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852244/000185224423000032/0001852244-23-000032-index.htm

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