---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074303-22-000153"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OLN"
cik: "0000074303"
company_name: "OLIN Corp"
filed_at: "2022-11-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T00:18:29.943100+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Olin director Scott Ferguson (Sachem Head) resigns; board shrinks to 9

## Summary
- Scott Ferguson resigned from Olin Board and Compensation Committee effective November 9, 2022; no disagreement cited.
- Board amended bylaws to reduce size from ten to nine directors concurrent with resignation.
- Ferguson had served as director since February 2020; noted company's turnaround under CEO Scott Sutton.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074303-22-000153
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OLN
- cik: 0000074303
- company_name: OLIN Corp
- filed_at: 2022-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74303/000007430322000153/0000074303-22-000153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74303/000007430322000153/oln-20221109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074303-22-000153
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074303-22-000153.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074303-22-000153.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott D. Ferguson resigned as Director at OLIN Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 9, 2022, Mr. Scott D. Ferguson, a member of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Olin Corporation (“Olin”), notified Olin of his decision to resign from the Board and the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74303/000007430322000153/0000074303-22-000153-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  OLIN Corp: Board approved amendment to Article II, Section 1 of Olin's Bylaws to decrease Board size from ten to nine directors following resignation of director Scott D. Ferguson (effective 2022-11-09).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-09
  source text: The Board approved an amendment to Article II, Section 1 of Olin’s Bylaws to decrease the size of the Board from ten to nine directors, following the resignation of Mr. Ferguson from the Board, effective November 9, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74303/000007430322000153/0000074303-22-000153-index.htm

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