secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SM Energy Co (SM)
CIK:        0000893538
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000893538-25-000116
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Herb Vogel plans retirement by March 2026; Elizabeth McDonald appointed President, COO
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- Herbert S. Vogel to retire as CEO on March 1, 2026; will remain a director until May 2026 annual meeting.
- Elizabeth A. McDonald appointed President and COO effective Sept 4, 2025; expected to become CEO upon Vogel's retirement.
- McDonald previously EVP & COO since Sept 2024; 20-year Pioneer Natural Resources veteran.
- Vogel resigned as President effective Sept 4; will serve as executive advisor transitionally.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353825000116/0000893538-25-000116-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353825000116/sm-20250904.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-25-000116

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