Armstrong Flooring, Inc. announced that its board of directors and Donald R. Maier, President and Chief Executive Officer, have mutually agreed that Mr. Maier would step down as CEO, effective immediately. Armstrong Flooring Chair Larry S. McWilliams has been elected Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis. He will focus on the company's near-term strategic priorities and facilitate Armstrong Flooring's management transition while the company seeks a permanent CEO.

Mr. McWilliams, the former President and CEO of Keystone Foods and a former senior executive at Campbell Soup Company, joined the Armstrong World Industries Board in 2010 and became Chair of the Board of Armstrong Flooring in 2016 after it was spun off from AWI as an independent, publicly traded company. Mr. McWilliams is a longtime executive in the retail and consumer sectors and will remain the Chair of Board of Armstrong Flooring. He is also the Chair of Board of Armstrong World Industries.

Mr. Maier has resigned from the Board of Directors and will not stand for re-election at the upcoming 2019 annual meeting.