COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC 8-K

What Happened
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. filed an 8-K on December 19, 2025 announcing that Trent T. McKenna will transition from Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer to President and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2026. The filing also states that Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Laura F. Howell will retire effective December 31, 2025. The company furnished a press release (Exhibit 99.1) disclosing these leadership transitions.

Key Details

• Trent T. McKenna’s new annual base salary: $850,000.
• Target annual bonus for McKenna: 115% of base salary.
• Long-term incentive award for McKenna: grant-date value equal to 400% of his base salary (mix of time-vesting and performance-vesting restricted stock units).
• Effective dates: McKenna’s role effective Jan 1, 2026; Howell’s retirement effective Dec 31, 2025.
• McKenna will continue to participate in the Company’s Executive Severance Policy; the filing notes no other changes to his relationship with the company.

Why It Matters
This 8-K signals a formal leadership promotion and a planned legal leadership change. For investors, McKenna’s promotion and the disclosed compensation package (salary, bonus target, and sizable long-term equity award) show how the company is aligning senior management incentives with performance and retention. Howell’s retirement means the company will need to name or appoint a successor for its General Counsel role, which could affect legal and governance continuity. The press release filed under Regulation FD provides public notice of these governance changes.