Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(c) Appointment of Certain Officers
AAON, Inc. ("AAON" or the "Company"), announced that its Board of Directors electedGene Stewart as Executive Vice President ofAAON, Inc. , effectiveJanuary 1, 2022 . In addition, the Board of Directors of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary,AAON Coil Products, Inc. ("AAON Coil Products"), has electedDoug Wichman as Executive Vice President ofAAON Coil Products , also effectiveJanuary 1, 2022 .Mr. Wichman will also serve as a Vice President ofAAON, Inc. , effectiveJanuary 1, 2022 .Mr. Stewart has served as President ofAAON Coil Products , based inLongview, Texas , fromApril 2020 until December, 2021. Prior toApril 2020 ,Mr. Stewart served as President ofNorth Texas Farm & Garden , a power equipment business specializing in Commercial and Residential equipment located inLewisville, Texas .Mr. Stewart also previously served as the Aftermarket Business Leader - Parts and Warranty Service for AAON fromJanuary 2013 throughJanuary 2015 .Mr. Stewart was the Parts Sales and Distribution Leader forTexas AirSystems fromApril 2009 through 2012 and prior to that spent over 15 years in several positions at Trane, including Parts Distribution and LCU Equipment Sales. He has a BA in Management and Marketing from theUniversity of Texas at Arlington .Mr. Wichman has been with the Company since 2013. Prior to this promotion, he most recently served as AAON's Director of Manufacturing in Tulsa, and prior to that held several roles, including Plant Manager from 2017 to 2018 and Manufacturing Engineer from 2013 to 2017.Mr. Wichman has extensive knowledge and experience with all aspects of AAON's manufacturing processes. He earned his BA in Mechanical Engineering from Montana Tech and MBA from theUniversity of Montana . Messrs. Stewart and Wichman will be eligible to participate in all elements of the Company's executive compensation package. Messrs. Stewart and Wichman and the Company have not entered into any employment agreement in connection with their appointments to their respective positions. Messrs. Stewart and Wichman do not have any family relationships with any of the Company's directors or officers and are not party to any transactions of the type listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
A copy of the Company's press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press release datedJanuary 4, 2022
announcing Executive Leadership
Appointments. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File
(embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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