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

AZZ names Jeff Vellines president and COO of Precoat Metals effective March 1, 2025

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

AZZ Inc. appointed Jeff Vellines as President and Chief Operating Officer of its Precoat Metals segment, effective March 1, 2025, and moved Kurt Russell, the segment's current COO, into a newly created Senior Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer role. The filing describes the changes as part of succession planning and the company's strategic growth plan, and it discloses Vellines's fiscal 2026 pay package.

Key points

  • Jeff Vellines's fiscal 2026 base salary is $435,000, with a 70% target short-term incentive and equity targets based on 100% of base salary.
  • Kurt Russell moves to Senior Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer, focusing on growth initiatives, effective March 1, 2025.
  • Vellines's role expands to include Russell's former Precoat Metals COO duties, per CEO Tom Ferguson.
  • The board made the appointment on January 16, 2025; the company announced the changes in a press release dated January 23, 2025.

The filing

CompanyAZZ (AZZ)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 23, 2025, 7:17 AM ET
Accession number0000008947-25-000016

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 January 23, 2025.

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