---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-22-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:11:48.267052+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle appoints Ralf H. Cramer to Board of Directors effective Feb 21, 2022

## Summary
- Dr. Ralf H. Cramer appointed as independent director, effective February 21, 2022.
- He will serve on Audit & Finance Committee and Health, Safety & Environment Committee.
- Compensation includes $100,000 annual retainer and $130,000 annual stock grant, both pro-rated.
- Cramer brings over 25 years of automotive industry experience, previously Executive Board Member at Continental AG.
- Board size fixed at ten members with this appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-22-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000031/0000915913-22-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000031/alb-20220221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ralf H. Cramer was appointed as Director at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of February 21, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”), appointed Dr. Ralf H. Cramer as an independent member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000031/0000915913-22-000031-index.htm

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