---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915389-24-000172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMN"
cik: "0000915389"
company_name: "EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T07:18:39.437724+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastman Chemical elects Donald W. Slager, former Republic Services CEO, to board

## Summary
- Elected Donald W. Slager as director effective May 27, 2024; term through 2025 annual meeting.
- Slager was CEO of Republic Services (2011-2021); brings environmental services expertise for circular-economy strategy.
- Appointed to Audit, Finance, and Environmental, Safety & Sustainability committees.
- Receives standard non-employee director compensation; entered indemnification agreement.
- No arrangements or family relationships with directors/officers; no related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915389-24-000172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMN
- cik: 0000915389
- company_name: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538924000172/0000915389-24-000172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538924000172/emn-20240527.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915389-24-000172
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915389-24-000172.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915389-24-000172.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald W. Slager was elected as Director at EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 27, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Eastman Chemical Company (the “Company”) elected Donald W. Slager as a director to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538924000172/0000915389-24-000172-index.htm

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