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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Howmet Aerospace CFO Ken Giacobbe to retire; Patrick Winterlich named successor effective Dec. 1

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Howmet Aerospace said its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ken Giacobbe, will retire on December 31, 2025, after 21 years with the company. Patrick Winterlich, currently CFO of Hexcel Corporation, will join Howmet as EVP and CFO effective December 1, 2025, giving a one-month overlap before Giacobbe's retirement.

Key points

  • Ken Giacobbe retires December 31, 2025; he will serve as special advisor to CEO John Plant from December 1 to December 31, 2025.
  • Patrick Winterlich joins as EVP and CFO effective December 1, 2025, based at the Pittsburgh headquarters.
  • Winterlich's pay includes a $700,000 base salary, a target annual cash incentive of 100% of base salary, a $2,000,000 target annual equity award, and an $800,000 sign-on cash bonus.

The filing

CompanyHowmet Aerospace (HWM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 22, 2025, 4:06 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-101524

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

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 October 22, 2025.

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