secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB)
CIK:        0000915913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000915913-26-000075
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Albemarle shareholders elect all directors, approve 2026 Incentive Plan, reject supermajority amendment
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- All 10 director nominees elected; J. Kent Masters received the most against votes at ~4.95M.
- 2026 Incentive Plan approved (83.0M for, 3.8M against), replacing the 2017 plan.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed (82.8M for, 3.96M against).
- Proposal to remove supermajority provisions for affiliated transactions failed despite 86.5M for votes (likely needed supermajority).
- Shareholder proposal to allow special meetings approved (49.8M for, 36.7M against); PwC ratified as auditor for FY 2026 (93.6M for).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000075/0000915913-26-000075-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000075/alb-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000075

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