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  "angle": "AutoZone's CFO leaves for FedEx the same morning two other companies disclose boardroom changes",
  "headline": "FedEx Hires AutoZone's Outgoing CFO as an Executive Vice President",
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          "markdown": "AutoZone disclosed the other half of the move in its own filing on Monday. Jackson resigned as its chief financial officer effective November 25, 2026, leaving for a professional opportunity outside the automotive aftermarket industry. The filing says the departure is not related to the company's financial or operating results, nor to any disagreement over policies.",
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          "markdown": "The timing is tight: Jackson leaves AutoZone on November 25 and starts at FedEx on November 30, five days later. FedEx is paying for that speed. Jackson's package includes a $1 million annual base salary, a $2 million signing bonus paid in two installments in November 2026 and November 2027, and a one-time special stock award valued at $5 million to compensate for forfeited AutoZone equity awards. He also receives a TY26 stock award valued at $766,000, stock options valued at $191,500, and a target annual incentive payout opportunity of 120 percent of his eligible earnings paid during TY26.",
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          "markdown": "Both companies have interim cover in place. At FedEx, Jackson succeeds Claude F. Russ, who served as interim officer since June 1, 2026. At AutoZone, J. Scott Murphy, the company's vice president and controller, will serve as both principal accounting officer and principal financial officer starting November 25, 2026, while the company runs an external search for Jackson's permanent successor.",
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      "heading": "The rest of the morning",
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          "markdown": "Atmus Filtration Technologies disclosed a second departure on Monday. Renee Swan resigned as senior vice president and chief officer, effective November 11, 2026, to pursue other opportunities. The filing says the resignation did not result from any disagreement with the company on operations, policies or practices. Laura Heltebran, currently senior vice president, chief officer and corporate secretary, will assume the chief officer role on an interim basis from the same date.",
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          "markdown": "KKR disclosed an addition rather than a departure. Brian J. Lee was appointed to the board of KKR and Co. on October 26, 2026, and will serve on the board's audit committee and risk committee. KKR Management, as sole holder of the company's Series I preferred stock, approved increasing the board to twelve directors to accommodate the appointment, and Lee entered into the company's customary indemnification agreement for non-executive directors.",
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          "markdown": "This suggests boards are treating a long vacancy as more expensive than a large make-whole package. FedEx paid $5 million in replacement equity plus a $2 million signing bonus to move a sitting chief financial officer across in five days, rather than run its own search from the interim chair. That is the clearest pricing signal in Monday's filings: certainty about the hire was worth more than the cost of buying out the old equity.",
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          "markdown": "The other filings show the cheaper version of the same problem. AutoZone and Atmus both fall back on internal interim officers while they search, which keeps reporting continuity but leaves the permanent chair open. Watch the two searches: AutoZone has said only that its search is external, and Atmus has named no permanent successor. How long those chairs stay interim will say more about the executive market than any single appointment.",
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