PPG Industries Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$PPG
Paints/Coatings
Consumer Discretionary
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2025
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | |||||||
On December 11, 2025, the Board of Directors of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Todd M. Schneider as a director of the Company, effective January 14, 2026. Mr. Schneider will serve in the class of directors whose term expires at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Board of Directors appointed Mr. Schneider to the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Sustainability and Innovation Committee of the Board of Directors.
As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Schneider will be entitled to receive compensation consistent with that of the Company’s other independent directors who are not employees of the Company, as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2025 under the caption “Compensation of Directors,” which portion of such proxy statement is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr. Schneider is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cintas Corporation. In 2024, PPG sold approximately $13,000 of products and services to Cintas, and PPG purchased approximately $9,350,000 of products and services from Cintas. In the first three fiscal quarters of 2025, PPG purchased approximately $7,550,000 of products and services from Cintas. Such purchases were made in the ordinary course of each company’s business and amount to less than one percent of each company’s consolidated gross revenues for fiscal year 2024 and for the first three fiscal quarters of 2025.
Mr. Schneider was not selected as a director of the Company pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between Mr. Schneider and any other person or entity.
A press release reporting the election of Mr. Schneider as a director of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | |||||||
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. | ||||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: December 11, 2025 | By: | /s/ Timothy M. Knavish | ||||||
| Timothy M. Knavish | ||||||||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||