secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO (EMN)
CIK:        0000915389
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000915389-25-000160
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Eastman Chemical CEO's retirement effective Dec 31, 2025; Crawford returns as tech leader
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- Chris M. Killian, SVP - Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, retiring Dec 31, 2025 for family/health reasons.
- Stephen G. Crawford returns Nov 3, 2025 as EVP - Technology Projects; becomes CTO/CSO Jan 1, 2026.
- Crawford base salary $705,000, target annual bonus 85% of base, $800k sign-on bonus.
- Crawford eligible for $2.2M RSU award for 2026 long-term incentive, granted around Jan 2, 2026.
- Crawford's sign-on replaces Feb 2025 equity awards and satisfies severance obligations from May 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538925000160/0000915389-25-000160-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538925000160/emn-20251008.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915389-25-000160

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