Helen Ann Downer, EVP of Commercial Excellence at Quanex Building Products Corporation, filed a Form 3 Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership on November 10, 2026, with a triggering event date of November 1, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Reporting person: Helen Ann Downer holds the title of EVP - Commercial Excellence at Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX).
  • Direct common stock: 7,200 shares held directly, comprising 2,300 shares of restricted stock vesting March 1, 2028, and 4,900 shares vesting December 4, 2028, both subject to continued employment.
  • Indirect common stock: 10,136 shares held indirectly by spouse, originally obtained in connection with the issuer's acquisition of Tyman plc on August 1, 2024; beneficial ownership is disclaimed to the extent of the reporting person's pecuniary interest.
  • Restricted Stock Units: 6,385 RSUs held directly, each representing a contingent right to receive cash equivalent to the value of one share of Quanex common stock, with an exercise price of $0 and vesting date of August 1, 2027, subject to continued employment.
  • Event date: The date of event requiring the statement was November 1, 2026.

Downer's Initial Beneficial Ownership at Quanex Building Products

According to the filing, Helen Ann Downer, identified as EVP - Commercial Excellence and based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom, submitted her initial statement of beneficial ownership in Quanex Building Products Corporation, traded on NYSE under the symbol NX. The triggering event date is listed as November 1, 2026, and the form was signed on November 10, 2026, by Paul B. Cornett acting under a Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24.

The filing reports two lines of directly held common stock totaling 7,200 shares. The first tranche consists of 2,300 shares of restricted stock scheduled to vest on March 1, 2028, and the second consists of 4,900 shares of restricted stock scheduled to vest on December 4, 2028, with both tranches conditioned on the reporting person's continued employment, according to the filing's explanation of responses. An additional 10,136 shares are reported as indirectly held through the reporting person's spouse. The filing states those shares were originally obtained in connection with the issuer's acquisition of Tyman plc on August 1, 2024, and that Downer "disclaims beneficial ownership to the extent of the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein."

In Table II, the filing discloses 6,385 Restricted Stock Units held directly. The filing specifies that "each Restricted Stock Unit represents a contingent right to receive cash in an amount equivalent to the value of one share of Quanex common stock," with a conversion price of $0 and a vesting date of August 1, 2027, subject to continued employment. No derivative securities are reported as indirectly held.

What Was Disclosed

Quanex Building Products officer Helen Ann Downer filed an initial beneficial ownership statement covering 7,200 directly held shares of restricted common stock, 10,136 indirectly held shares through her spouse, and 6,385 cash-settled Restricted Stock Units vesting August 1, 2027.