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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · AAON (AAON)

AAON CEO Gary Fields to step down; Matt Tobolski named CEO effective May 13, 2025

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

AAON, Inc. announced that CEO Gary Fields will become a special advisor to the Board effective May 13, 2025, and President and COO Matt Tobolski will become CEO on the same date. The filing discloses related-party transactions involving entities tied to Fields and Tobolski, but no change to financial results or guidance.

Key points

  • Matt J. Tobolski, PhD, 41, becomes CEO effective May 13, 2025, while keeping his role as President.
  • Gary D. Fields, 65, CEO since May 2020, moves to special advisor to the Board and remains a director.
  • No employment agreements were entered into with either executive in connection with the changes.
  • Prior-year related-party payments: $1.1 million in sales to Fields Mechanical Systems and $0.2 million in payments to it; $1.1 million in aircraft lease payments to an entity partly owned by Tobolski.

The filing

CompanyAAON (AAON)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 20, 2025, 8:35 AM ET
Accession number0000824142-25-000030

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 20, 2025.

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