On October 25, 2019, AZZ Inc. announced that Mr. James Byelick, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, will leave the Company effective October 31, 2019. Mr. Byelick's departure is not the result of any disagreement with the Company regarding its operations or accounting policies or practices. On October 21, 2019, the Company's Board of Directors appointed Philip A. Schlom to serve as Mr. Byelick's successor as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Mr. Schlom has broad accounting and finance expertise in both domestic and international companies across a wide variety of industries, including energy, manufacturing, mining and transportation. Using experience gained through diverse senior-level technical accounting and regulatory operational roles, he has a proven capacity to enhance financial reporting capabilities and scale accounting operations. Before joining the Company, Mr. Schlom served in a leadership capacity at numerous leading businesses, several of which are publicly-traded. From April 2017 until October 2019, Mr. Schlom served as Vice President - Finance, Audit, Controls and Financial Transformation of Exterran Corporation.