Ppg Industries Inc 8-K, filed Aug 11, 2025
Ppg Industries Inc (PPG)
8-K
2025-08-11
For: 2025-08-07
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About this 8-K
Ppg Industries Inc filed this 8-K on August 11, 2025, reporting on events of August 7, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2025
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | |||||||
On August 7, 2025, Anne M. Foulkes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), announced her intention to retire from the Company on August 31, 2026. Effective January 1, 2026, Ms. Foulkes will serve as Senior Vice President, Legal and Special Projects, to ensure a smooth transition of general counsel responsibilities and oversee certain projects for the Company. In connection with her retirement, Ms. Foulkes will be eligible to receive a payment in 2027 under the Company’s annual incentive plan for the full year of 2026. Her previously awarded stock options, restricted stock units and total shareholder return contingent shares will vest in accordance with their terms.
On August 11, 2025, the Company announced that, effective January 1, 2026, Joseph R. Gette, currently Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary of the Company will become Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
On August 11, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing Ms. Foulkes’s retirement. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | |||||||
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 99 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. | ||||||||
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| Date: August 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ Timothy M. Knavish | ||||||
| Timothy M. Knavish | ||||||||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
Exhibit 99
News
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PPG announces succession plan details of general counsel
Anne M. Foulkes, current senior vice president and general counsel, appointed to new executive leadership role through August 31, 2026
PITTSBURGH, August 11, 2025 – PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that Anne M. Foulkes, who has served as senior vice president and general counsel since 2018 and is a 30-year veteran of the company, will retire as part of a planned succession for the role. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, Foulkes, 62, will serve in a new role as senior vice president, legal and special projects, to ensure a smooth transition of general counsel responsibilities and oversee certain projects for the company through August 31, 2026.
“On behalf of the PPG leadership team, I want to congratulate Anne on an outstanding career and thank her for her dedication and many contributions to PPG,” said Tim Knavish, PPG chairman and CEO. “Anne’s extensive background and experience counseling various PPG functions and business units over the years have been invaluable. Her leadership extends beyond legal counsel as a valued member of the company’s operating and executive committees. She also serves as a trusted confidant and mentor to many PPG employees as well as an executive sponsor and advocate of our employee resource groups. We thank Anne for agreeing to remain a key part of the executive leadership team through August 2026.”
Foulkes joined PPG in Pittsburgh in 1995, initially supporting the chemicals group on commercial and contract legal matters. Since that time, she has worked in a number of roles of increasing responsibility, including providing legal support to all of the company’s business units and the environment, health and safety (EHS) function, and serving as counsel for the corporate development group, providing legal support for global acquisition and divestiture activities. In 2005, Foulkes was promoted to corporate counsel with responsibility for all commercial, antitrust, labor and employment, and intellectual property legal matters for the aerospace, architectural coatings, automotive refinish, and protective and marine coatings businesses, and in 2010, she was promoted to assistant general counsel. Foulkes was appointed assistant general counsel and secretary of the company in 2011 and then in 2016, was elected as vice president, associate general counsel and secretary. She was elected an executive officer in 2018 and named to her current role.
Prior to joining PPG, Foulkes was a litigation attorney with the law firm of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott in Pittsburgh. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a law degree from The Dickinson School of Law. Anne is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and served on the board of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank from 2011 to 2021. She currently serves on the Board of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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