A distributor of professional-grade exterior building products—asphalt shingles, waterproofing, siding, windows, and doors—sold to more than 110,000 residential and commercial customers from roughly 600 branches across the US and Canada under its QXO Building Products unit (formerly Beacon). It was born in December 2023 when serial entrepreneur Brad Jacobs invested in a small tech firm and renamed it QXO, then bought Beacon Roofing Supply in 2025 to become the largest publicly traded distributor of its kind. The "XO" echoes Jacobs' other ventures (XPO, GXO, RXO), and its house brand is TRI-BUILT.
QXO appoints Ken West as President and COO, effective September 1, 2026
West previously served as President and CEO of Honeywell Process Technology and held senior roles at Honeywell and PPG Industries.
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Ken West, 49, will join QXO as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective September 1, 2026, reporting to CEO Brad Jacobs.
He will receive an annual base salary of $850,000 and an initial target bonus of 125% of base salary.
Equity awards include prorated annual LTI (RSUs and PSUs each valued at $867,808), a $5.5 million sign-on RSU award, and a $2.5 million new hire RSU award, all subject to committee approval.
No family relationships or arrangements with directors/officers were disclosed, and no reportable transactions under Item 404(a) exist.
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements · 8.01 Other Events · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
QXO files prospectus supplement to register resale of 41.4M common shares and 96,267 preferred shares
On July 23, 2026, QXO, Inc. filed a prospectus supplement with the SEC covering the resale of 41,405,099 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock and 96,267 shares of that preferred stock.
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The filing was made to satisfy QXO's registration obligations under an Investment Agreement dated January 5, 2026, with the investors party thereto.
The prospectus supplement relates to the company's existing Form S-3ASR registration statement (File No. 333-281084), originally filed on July 29, 2024.
A legal opinion from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP regarding the shares was filed as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated by reference into the registration statement.
The report was filed under Item 8.01 (Other Events) because the event is not a required disclosure under other specific items.
8.01 Other Events · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
QXO posts investor Q&A and supplemental financials on July 9, 2026
QXO, Inc. furnished an investor Q&A (Exhibit 99.1) and supplemental financial information (Exhibit 99.2) under Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
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The Q&A outlines a value creation plan leveraging acquisitions of Beacon, Kodiak, and TopBuild, with combined revenue of approximately $18 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of nearly $2 billion (2025 actuals adjusted for full-year ownership).
QXO targets more than doubling combined Adjusted EBITDA to about $4 billion by 2030, and $50 billion in revenue within a decade.
The company states it is #1 in insulation and waterproofing, #2 in roofing, and #1 or #2 in lumber/building materials in key geographies.
The exhibits are furnished, not filed, and not incorporated by reference into other SEC filings.
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
QXO completes $505/share acquisition of TopBuild, issuing ~312.5M shares and paying ~$6.4B cash
QXO completed its acquisition of TopBuild on July 1, 2026, with TopBuild becoming a wholly owned subsidiary.
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TopBuild stockholders could elect $505.00 cash or 20.200 QXO shares per TopBuild share; ~91% elected cash, resulting in prorated consideration of ~$249.67 cash and 10.212 QXO shares per share.
QXO issued approximately 312.5 million shares and paid approximately $6.4 billion in cash as merger consideration.
QXO incurred a $3.0 billion incremental term loan facility, maturing July 1, 2033, to help fund the acquisition.
QXO increased authorized common stock to 4 billion shares and Series C Preferred Stock to 300,000 shares; Alec Covington joined the board and Madeline Otero became Interim Chief Accounting Officer.
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement · 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets · 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement · 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders · 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements · 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year · 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure · 8.01 Other Events · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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QXO announces final results of tender offers for TopBuild notes and stockholder election results
QXO's subsidiary Titanium MergerCo completed tender offers for TopBuild's 4.125% Senior Notes due 2032 and 5.625% Senior Notes due 2034, expiring June 29, 2026.
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Holders validly tendered $497.7 million (99.54%) of the 2032 Notes and $748.1 million (99.75%) of the 2034 Notes.
Notes tendered by the early deadline (June 11, 2026) were purchased at $1,011.25 per $1,000 principal; later tenders at $961.25 per $1,000, plus accrued interest.
Settlement is expected July 1, 2026, contingent on closing of QXO's acquisition of TopBuild.
QXO and TopBuild also announced results of TopBuild stockholders' election on form of merger consideration.
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QXO stockholders approve share issuance and charter amendment for TopBuild acquisition
At a June 29, 2026 special meeting, QXO stockholders approved the issuance of QXO common stock as consideration in the TopBuild merger, with 724,999,647 votes for, 1,005,727 against, and 232,333 abstaining.
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Stockholders also approved amending QXO's charter to increase authorized common shares from 2 billion to 4 billion, with 722,439,916 votes for, 3,503,259 against, and 294,532 abstaining.
The merger agreement, dated April 18, 2026, provides for Titanium Merger Sub to merge into TopBuild, followed by TopBuild merging into Forward Merger Sub, with TopBuild becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of QXO.
The transaction is expected to close on or about July 1, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
QXO and TopBuild issued a joint press release on June 29, 2026, announcing the voting results; the adjournment proposal was not submitted because sufficient votes were present.
5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders · 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
QXO and TopBuild supplement merger proxy statement after stockholder lawsuit and demand letters.
QXO and TopBuild voluntarily amended the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to add disclosures about Morgan Stanley's fees, following a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit and stockholder demand letters alleging disclosure deficiencies.
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The lawsuit, Thompson v. QXO, Inc. et al. (Case No. 2026-0757, filed June 8, 2026), alleges QXO's board breached fiduciary duties by failing to disclose material information about the proposed merger with TopBuild.
QXO and TopBuild deny any deficiencies and state no supplemental disclosure was required, but made the amendments to avoid delay or expense in completing the merger.
The supplemental disclosure reveals Morgan Stanley received $85–$110 million in fees from QXO over the past two years and expects an additional $19–$21 million in connection with financing and tender offers.
QXO's board continues to unanimously recommend stockholders vote 'FOR' the share issuance, charter amendment, and adjournment proposals at the June 29, 2026 special meetings.