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Leggett & Platt Governance

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Management
Section 16 Executive Officers

Karl G. Glassman

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Glassman was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2024 and Board Chairman in 2020.  He served as the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board from 2022 until his retirement in May 2023. Mr. Glassman served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2021, President from 2013 to 2019, Chief Operating Officer from 2006 to 2015, Executive Vice President from 2002 to 2013, President of the former Residential Furnishings Segment from 1999 to 2006, Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2002, and in various capacities since 1982. Mr. Glassman holds a degree in business management and finance from California State University—Long Beach.

Karl G. Glassman

Benjamin M. Burns

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burns was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2023. He previously served as Executive Vice President – Business Support Services since February 2023, as Senior Vice President – Business Support Services in 2022, as Vice President – Business Support Services from 2019 to 2022, Vice President & Treasurer from 2017 to 2019, Vice President Internal Audit & Due Diligence from 2012 to 2017, and in other internal audit positions from 2003 to 2011. Prior to joining the Company, he worked in internal audit positions for the Allstate Corporation. Mr. Burns holds a degree in accounting and an MBA, both from Pittsburg State University.

Benjamin M. Burns

Jennifer J. Davis

Executive Vice President – General Counsel

Ms. Davis was appointed Executive Vice President – General Counsel effective January 1, 2024. She previously served as Vice President – Deputy General Counsel from 2020 to 2023, as Deputy General Counsel from 2015 to 2020, as Associate General Counsel & Chief Litigation Counsel from 2012 to 2022 after joining the Company’s Legal Department in 2006. Prior to joining the Company, she practiced law at Stinson LLP in Kansas City for six years. Ms. Davis holds a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University and a law degree from Washburn University.

Jennifer J. Davis

J. Tyson Hagale

Executive Vice President, President – Bedding Products

Mr. Hagale was appointed Executive Vice President, President – Bedding Products in February 2023. He previously served as Senior Vice President, President, Bedding Products from 2021 to 2023, as Commercial Vice President for Domestic Bedding from 2020 to 2021, President of the Home Furniture Group in 2020, President of the Furniture Hardware Division from 2018 to 2020, and in various roles of increasing responsibility in the Company’s bedding and furniture businesses since 2011. He joined Leggett in 2001 as a member of the Corporate Development Department, and served in a variety of financial and strategic roles during his first ten years with the Company. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Marshall University and an MBA from the University of Missouri.

J. Tyson Hagale

Ryan M. Kleiboeker

Executive Vice President – Chief Strategic Planning Officer

Mr. Kleiboeker was appointed Executive Vice President – Chief Strategic Planning Officer in February 2024. He previously served as Senior Vice President – Chief Strategic Planning Officer from 2023 to 2024 and Vice President – Corporate Development and Financial Planning from 2020 to 2023, held roles within the Company’s operations from 2016 to 2020, including Director of Finance and Business Development for the Specialized and Furniture, Flooring and Textile Products segments, and served as Director of Corporate Development in 2015 and in various other roles since 2005. Prior to joining the Company, he held positions at KPMG LLP and Citadel LLC. Mr. Kleiboeker holds degrees in Economics, Accounting and Business Administration from Drury University and is a CFA Charterholder and Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Ryan M. Kleiboeker

Christina Ptasinski

Executive Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer

Ms. Ptasinski was appointed Executive Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer in February 2023, and previously served as Senior Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer since 2021. She joined the Company with over 20 years of human resources leadership experience, most recently as Senior Vice President HR for CEVA Logistics, where she previously served as Head of Global HR Performance. Prior to that, Ms. Ptasinski was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Crane Worldwide Logistics. Ms. Ptasinski holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Carthage College and a masters in HR Management from LaRoche College.

Christina Ptasinski

R. Samuel Smith, Jr.

Executive Vice President, President – Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products

Mr. Smith was appointed Executive Vice President, President – Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products in August 2024. He has served the Company as Senior Vice President, President, Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products since April 2024, President – Home Furniture Group since 2020, VP Operations – Home Furniture Group from 2019 to 2020, and VP Operations – Seating & Distribution from 2018 to 2019 after joining the Company in 2014 as the general manager of our Matrex division, a Home Furniture operation. Prior to Leggett, Mr. Smith served as Chief Operating Officer for a medical billing company, and he spent sixteen years at Unifi, Inc., a multinational textile fiber processor, in various engineering, sales, and general management roles. Mr. Smith holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Davidson College.

R. Samuel Smith, Jr.

Tammy M. Trent

Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer

Ms. Trent was appointed Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer in 2017. She previously served as Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer from 2015, Staff Vice President – Financial Reporting from 2007 to 2015, and in a series of progressively more responsible accounting capacities since 1998. Ms. Trent holds a degree in accounting from Missouri Southern State University.

Tammy M. Trent

Other Officers

Andrew C. BenderVice President – Treasurer
Cassie BranscumVice President – Investor Relations
Charles P. HutchinsVice President – Chief Tax Officer
Rachel J. KrenzVice President – Internal Audit & Due Diligence
S. Scott LutonVice President – Corporate Secretary
Lindsey N. OdafferVice President – Financial Support Services
Darrel E. WildVice President – Chief Credit Officer