---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000884614-23-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UGI"
cik: "0000884614"
company_name: "UGI CORP /PA/"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T07:58:24.273214+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Board Chair Frank Hermance to retire at Jan 2024 meeting; Mario Longhi nominated

## Summary
- Frank S. Hermance, age 74, to retire from UGI Board effective at Jan 2024 annual meeting due to mandatory retirement age.
- Served as Board Chair since Jan 2020 and as Director since 2011; no disagreements with company or management.
- Mario Longhi, age 69, nominated to succeed Hermance as Board Chair after the annual meeting.
- Longhi retired as CEO of United States Steel Corporation in 2017 and has previous board experience at Harsco and ITT.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000884614-23-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UGI
- cik: 0000884614
- company_name: UGI CORP /PA/
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884614/000088461423000086/0000884614-23-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884614/000088461423000086/ugi-20230927.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000884614-23-000086
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000884614-23-000086.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mario Longhi was appointed as Chair of the Board at UGI CORP /PA/.
  - Action: nominated
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Mario Longhi, age 69, has been nominated to succeed Mr. Hermance as Chair of the Board following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884614/000088461423000086/0000884614-23-000086-index.htm
- Executive change
  Frank S. Hermance departed as Chair of the Board at UGI CORP /PA/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On September 27, 2023, Frank S. Hermance, age 74, informed UGI Corporation (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective as of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in January 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884614/000088461423000086/0000884614-23-000086-index.htm

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