---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000088121-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEB"
cik: "0000088121"
company_name: "SEABOARD CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T01:07:34.077815+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Michael D. Trollinger resigns as Seaboard CAO; Barbara M. Smith named interim successor

## Summary
- Michael D. Trollinger resigns as Senior VP, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 3, 2023.
- Barbara M. Smith appointed interim Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, effective March 3, 2023.
- Smith, 42, has been Corporate Assistant Controller since May 2015 and is a licensed CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000088121-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEB
- cik: 0000088121
- company_name: SEABOARD CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812123000024/0000088121-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812123000024/seb-20230220x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-23-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-23-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000088121-23-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael D. Trollinger resigned as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at SEABOARD CORP /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 20, 2023, Michael D. Trollinger, the Principal Accounting Officer of Seaboard Corporation (the “Company”), provided the Company notice of his resignation from the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, with such resignation being effective March 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812123000024/0000088121-23-000024-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barbara M. Smith was appointed as Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at SEABOARD CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 24, 2023, the Company appointed the Company’s Corporate Assistant Controller, Barbara M. Smith, to serve as the Company’s Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer on an interim basis, with such appointment being effective March 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88121/000008812123000024/0000088121-23-000024-index.htm

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