---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000034067-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOOM"
cik: "0000034067"
company_name: "DMC Global Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T12:44:50.869404+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DMC Global appoints Eric Walter as CFO; Michael Kuta becomes interim co-CEO

## Summary
- Eric Walter appointed CFO, effective day after filing of 2022 10-K (expected ~Feb 24, 2023).
- Replaces Michael Kuta, who becomes interim co-CEO alongside board member David Aldous.
- Walter brings 30+ years experience; most recently CFO of Jacobs' $9B People & Places Solutions division.
- Compensation: $440k base, 60% bonus target, LTI at 1.5x base, and $800k signing RSU vesting over 2 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000034067-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOOM
- cik: 0000034067
- company_name: DMC Global Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34067/000003406723000018/0000034067-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34067/000003406723000018/boom-20230120.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034067-23-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034067-23-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034067-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Walter was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at DMC Global Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 20, 2023, DMC Global Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Eric Walter as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of the business day after the filing of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34067/000003406723000018/0000034067-23-000018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.