---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-26-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:15:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:29:43.667451+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chief Accounting Officer Donald J. LaBauve Jr. retires; CFO Neal R. Sheorey named interim Principal Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Donald J. LaBauve Jr., Chief Accounting Officer, retired effective June 1, 2026.
- Neal R. Sheorey, EVP and CFO, will serve as interim Principal Accounting Officer from June 2, 2026.
- No new compensatory arrangements were made for Mr. Sheorey in connection with this role.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions exist between Mr. Sheorey and other officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-26-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:15:55+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000087/0000915913-26-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000087/alb-20260601.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neal R. Sheorey was appointed as interim Principal Accounting Officer at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Neal R. Sheorey, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will serve as the Company's interim Principal Accounting Officer, effective June 2, 2026, until the Company’s Board of Directors appoints a replacement for the Company’s former Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000087/0000915913-26-000087-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald J. LaBauve Jr. retired as Chief Accounting Officer at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: As previously reported, Donald J. LaBauve Jr., the former Chief Accounting Officer of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”), retired on June 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000087/0000915913-26-000087-index.htm

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