secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP (CRS)
CIK:        0000017843
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-12T21:03:59+00:00
Accession:  0000017843-26-000036
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Carpenter Technology appoints Ken Giacobbe to board; Yu and Pritchett to depart
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- Ken Giacobbe appointed to Board effective Aug 11, 2026 as Class III director, term ending at 2028 annual meeting.
- Giacobbe was EVP & CFO of Howmet Aerospace (2020-2025); prior CFO of Arconic and finance roles at Alcoa.
- Howard Yu to step down as director effective Oct 6, 2026 (annual meeting); Colleen Pritchett not to stand for re-election.
- Departures not due to any disagreement; board will shrink from 12 (11 independent) to 10 (9 independent) after Oct 6.
- Giacobbe owns no CRS stock, qualifies as independent under NYSE and SEC standards.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000001784326000036/0000017843-26-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000001784326000036/crs-20260812.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017843-26-000036

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