---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000788965-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNRG"
cik: "0000788965"
company_name: "HALLADOR ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2026-06-11T21:28:42+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T21:30:26.300179+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hallador Energy appoints Matthew White as Chief Legal Officer effective June 8, 2026

## Summary
- Annual base salary of $500,000, pro-rated from June 8, 2026.
- Target annual performance bonus of $175,000 (prorated); maximum $350,000; based on safety, EBITDA, discretionary, strategic goals.
- One-time RSU grant valued at $200,000 vesting in three equal annual installments; signing bonus of $100,000 in immediately-vesting RSUs.
- Change-of-control retention bonus: $1.25M plus 2.5x prior-year bonus, prorated current-year bonus, and 24 months healthcare.
- Severance agreement provides 12 months of total compensation if terminated without cause or for good reason after one year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000788965-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNRG
- cik: 0000788965
- company_name: HALLADOR ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T21:28:42+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000078896526000004/0000788965-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000078896526000004/hnrg-20260608x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000788965-26-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Bradford White was appointed as Chief Legal Officer at HALLADOR ENERGY CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: On June 8, 2026, Hallador Energy Company (the “Company”) appointed Matthew Bradford White as the Company’s Chief Legal Officer, effective as of June 8, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000078896526000004/0000788965-26-000004-index.htm

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