---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-26-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-23T20:22:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-23T20:23:13.446686+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle appoints former Vale CEO Eduardo Bartolomeo to board of directors

## Summary
- Appointment effective July 21, 2026; Bartolomeo is an independent director.
- Bartolomeo served as CEO of Vale S.A. from 2019 to 2024, leading operational and safety transformation.
- He will join the Audit & Finance Committee and the Safety, Sustainability, Operations & Capital Committee.
- Compensation includes $120,000 annual retainer and $170,000 restricted stock grant, pro-rated for partial year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-26-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-23T20:22:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000095/0000915913-26-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000095/alb-20260721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000095
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000095.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000095.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eduardo De Salles Bartolomeo was appointed as Director at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of July 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Eduardo De Salles Bartolomeo as an independent member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000095/0000915913-26-000095-index.htm

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