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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · L3Harris (LHX)

L3Harris expands board to 12 and appoints ATI CEO Kimberly Fields as independent director

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership

L3Harris increased its board from eleven to twelve members on October 21, 2026, and appointed Kimberly Fields, President and CEO of ATI, Inc. and chair of ATI's board, as an independent director. Her term runs until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and she was not named to any board committee at this time.

Key points

  • Kimberly Fields appointed as independent director effective October 21, 2026; term expires at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  • Fields has been ATI's President and CEO since July 2024 and chair of ATI's board since May 2026
  • Fields will receive non-employee director compensation under the summary effective January 1, 2026; she was not appointed to any board committee
  • CEO Sam Mehta said her manufacturing expertise will support production and capacity expansion

The filing

CompanyL3Harris (LHX)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 22, 2026, 6:56 AM ET
Accession number0000202058-26-000074

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 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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