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

CSX names Stephen Angel CEO, succeeding Joseph Hinrichs effective September 28

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

CSX's Board appointed Stephen Angel, 70, as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Board member, effective immediately, succeeding Joseph Hinrichs, whose employment ended effective September 27, 2025. Hinrichs also resigned from the Board, and the company's September 29 press release says operating performance remains strong and CSX still expects full-year volume growth.

Key points

  • Angel's employment letter provides a $1,500,000 initial annual base salary, a 175% target bonus and a $10,000,000 grant-date target value sign-on equity award.
  • Hinrichs separated from employment effective September 27, 2025, and resigned from the Board upon his separation.
  • Angel was Linde CEO from 2018 to 2022 and Chairman from 2022; he plans to retire from Linde's Board effective January 31, 2026.
  • The press release states that CSX still expects to deliver full-year volume growth.

The filing

CompanyCSX (CSX)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 29, 2025, 8:00 AM ET
Accession number0000950103-25-012355

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, 1:21 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 September 29, 2025.

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