{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000893538-24-000123","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SM","cik":"0000893538","company_name":"SM Energy Co","filed_at":"2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:16.209635+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-31T05:59:46.734062+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"SM Energy appoints Beth McDonald as EVP and COO effective Sept 9, 2024","bullets":["Base salary $560,000; short-term incentive target 100% of base; long-term incentive target $2.3M (50% RSUs, 50% PSUs).","Sign-on bonus of $1,750,000, paid 50% at start and 50% at one-year anniversary.","McDonald previously Executive VP – Strategic Planning, Field Development and Marketing at Pioneer Natural Resources.","CEO Herb Vogel cites her 20 years of Permian and Eagle Ford experience; she will also oversee new Utah assets.","Entered into a Change of Control Executive Severance Agreement with terms consistent with prior filings."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-24-000123","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-24-000123.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-24-000123.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-24-000123.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353824000123/0000893538-24-000123-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353824000123/sm-20240909.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-31T05:59:46.734062+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5a19dd070a","claim":"Beth McDonald was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at SM Energy Co.","evidence_excerpt":"On September 9, 2024, SM Energy Company (the “ Company ”) announced that the Board of Directors of the Company had appointed Beth McDonald, age 45, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353824000123/0000893538-24-000123-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}