---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0002058873-26-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "Q"
cik: "0002058873"
company_name: "Qnity Electronics, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-21T11:09:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T11:15:04.384433+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Qnity names Ken Rizvi CFO effective Oct 1; $10M equity buyout award

## Summary
- Ken Rizvi appointed SVP & CFO effective Oct 1, 2026; Michael Goss becomes VP Finance & Controllership.
- Base salary $600,000; target short-term incentive 90% of base salary.
- $10.0M equity buyout award: 60% RSUs, 40% PSUs with front-loaded vesting.
- 2026 long-term incentive award valued at $5.5M; eligible for annual incentive plan.
- Rizvi previously CFO at Synaptics (since July 2024) and Penguin Solutions (Feb 2021–June 2024).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0002058873-26-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: Q
- cik: 0002058873
- company_name: Qnity Electronics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T11:09:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2058873/000205887326000033/0002058873-26-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2058873/000205887326000033/q-20260821.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002058873-26-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002058873-26-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002058873-26-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Goss changed role as Vice President, Finance & Controllership and Principal Accounting Officer at Qnity Electronics, Inc..
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: Vice President, Finance & Controllership and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On the Effective Date, Michael Goss will cease serving as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and will serve as Vice President, Finance & Controllership and Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2058873/000205887326000033/0002058873-26-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ken Rizvi was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Qnity Electronics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 21, 2026, Qnity Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Ken Rizvi as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective October 1, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2058873/000205887326000033/0002058873-26-000033-index.htm

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