secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SM Energy Co (SM)
CIK:        0000893538
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000893538-24-000140
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SM Energy appoints Dr. Ashwin Venkatraman to Board, effective Nov 26, 2024
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- Dr. Venkatraman appointed as independent director and Audit Committee member; board size set at ten.
- He is President/CEO of Resermine, Inc., focused on subsurface AI/ML for oil recovery.
- Background includes Shell (15 years) and academic roles at Univ. of Oklahoma, UT Austin, Princeton.
- Receives pro-rata grant of 2,027 SM shares ($185K annual director equity value) and $46,456 retainer.
- Appointment expands board expertise in data analytics and machine learning for operations optimization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353824000140/0000893538-24-000140-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353824000140/sm-20241126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-24-000140

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