Michael Dumais joins Commercial Metals Company (CMC) Board, boosting director count to ten
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Commercial Metals Company appointed Michael “Mike” Dumais to its Board of Directors as a Class II director, effective June 23, 2026. The Board size increases from nine to ten members immediately prior to his appointment, with nine directors described as independent.
Mr. Dumais, a former Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Raytheon Technologies, brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in industrial operations, strategy, and large-scale transformation. He will receive CMC’s standard non-employee director compensation and will serve on the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
The company highlighted that there are no special arrangements, family relationships, or related-party transactions linked to his appointment. CMC describes itself as a Fortune 500 provider of early-stage construction solutions and a major U.S. manufacturer of steel reinforcing bar, serving infrastructure and building markets across multiple regions.
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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 April 13, 2026, Commercial Metals Company (“CMC” or the “Company”) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Michael R. Dumais to serve as a Class II director of the Company, effective June 23, 2026. As such, Mr. Dumais will stand for re-election at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. In connection with Mr. Dumais’ appointment, the Board increased the total number of seats on the Board from nine to ten directors, effective immediately prior to Mr. Dumais’ appointment to the Board.
Mr. Dumais retired in March 2022 from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Raytheon Technologies Corporation (now RTX Corporation) (NYSE: RTX) (“RTX”), which he had held since January 2021. Additionally, from April 2020 to January 2021, Mr. Dumais served as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development at RTX. Mr. Dumais currently serves on the board of directors of Baker Hughes Company (Nasdaq: BKR).
As compensation for his service on the Board, Mr. Dumais will receive the Company’s standard compensation for non-employee directors, including equity incentive awards pursuant to the Company’s 2013 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2025. Mr. Dumais will serve on the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Dumais and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Dumais was named a director of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Dumais and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and Mr. Dumais does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On April 13, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Dumais’ appointment to the Board described under Item 5.02 above. A copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
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| 99.1 | Press Release issued by CMC on April 13, 2026. | |
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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.
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| Date: April 13, 2026 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Jody K. Absher | |||||
| Name: | Jody K. Absher | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||||
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CMC Announces Appointment of Michael “Mike” Dumais to Board of Directors
Irving, TX – April 13, 2026—CMC (NYSE: CMC) (“CMC” or the “Company”) today announced that it has named Michael “Mike” Dumais to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective June 23, 2026.
Mr. Dumais brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across industrial operations and corporate strategy. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Raytheon Technologies Corporation, where he led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives following the merger of United Technologies Corporation and Raytheon Company. Previously, Mr. Dumais held senior leadership roles at United Technologies Corporation, including Executive Vice President, Operations and Strategy, overseeing operations, supply chain, strategy, and mergers and acquisitions for the company’s global portfolio. Mr. Dumais also serves on the board of directors at Baker Hughes Company.
“We are pleased to welcome Mike to our Board of Directors,” said Robert S. Wetherbee, CMC’s Chairman of the Board. “His experience supporting multifaceted industrial organizations both at a management and board level will add meaningful insight as we advance our strategic priorities and continue to deliver value for our stakeholders.”
“Mike’s experience aligns closely with CMC’s strategic priorities, particularly our emphasis on operational and commercial excellence and transformative growth,” said Peter Matt, President and Chief Executive Officer of CMC. “He brings valuable perspectives shaped by leading large industrial teams and managing complex operations, and we look forward to his contributions.”
Mr. Dumais’ appointment increases the number of directors serving on the Board from nine to ten, nine of whom are independent. He will serve on the Audit and Finance Committees of the Board.
Mr. Dumais earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
About CMC
CMC is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Irving, Texas, and a leading provider of early-stage construction solutions that support the foundational phases of modern infrastructure and building projects. Founded in 1915, CMC has grown from a single-site recycling operation to one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of steel reinforcing bar (“rebar”), a leading producer of subgrade soil stabilization and foundation enhancement solutions and a major supplier of concrete pipe and precast products.
Through an extensive manufacturing network primarily located in the United States and Central Europe, with strategic operations in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, CMC serves infrastructure, non-residential, residential, industrial and energy markets. While often unseen, CMC’s products are essential to highways, bridges, airports, commercial buildings and other critical structures that support everyday life.
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