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Issuer:     CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP (CRS)
CIK:        0000017843
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-15T20:41:04+00:00
Accession:  0000017843-26-000040
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Carpenter Technology GC James D. Dee to retire Dec 31; Jed S. Freeman named General Counsel effective Jan 1
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- James D. Dee, Senior VP, General Counsel and Secretary, notified the company Oct 12, 2026 of his retirement effective Dec 31, 2026 after 16 years of service.
- Dee will remain in his role through Dec 31, 2026 to support an orderly transition; company said retirement was not due to any disagreement.
- Jed S. Freeman, Deputy General Counsel, appointed VP, General Counsel and Secretary effective Jan 1, 2027; he joined Carpenter in 2007 (19 years).
- Freeman previously spent over 14 years as a litigation attorney handling commercial, employment and workers' compensation matters; JD from Saint Louis University.
- CEO Tony Thene credited Dee as a "trusted adviser" and cited Freeman's deep knowledge of the business and regulatory matters.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000001784326000040/0000017843-26-000040-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000001784326000040/crs-20261012.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017843-26-000040

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