---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893538-21-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SM"
cik: "0000893538"
company_name: "SM Energy Co"
filed_at: "2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T05:38:15.217117+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SM Energy appoints Anita M. Powers to board of directors

## Summary
- Anita M. Powers appointed independent director effective Nov 22, 2021; serves on Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Received grant of 2,715 shares of common stock (pro rata of $160k annual grant) and ~$46,000 pro rata retainer.
- Powers retired from Occidental as EVP Worldwide Exploration; also served on boards of California Resources and EQT.
- Powers brings over 35 years of geoscience and Permian Basin expertise to the board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893538-21-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SM
- cik: 0000893538
- company_name: SM Energy Co
- filed_at: 2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353821000133/0000893538-21-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353821000133/sm-20211122.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-21-000133
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-21-000133.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-21-000133.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anita M. Powers was appointed as director at SM Energy Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective November 22, 2021, the Board of Directors (“ Board ”) of SM Energy Company (“ Company ”) appointed Anita M. Powers to serve as a director of the Company until the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, or until her successor is elected and qualified or her earlier resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353821000133/0000893538-21-000133-index.htm

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