---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-26-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-21T10:30:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T10:35:11.302661+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle appoints Max W. Hood as Chief Accounting Officer effective Aug 24, 2026

## Summary
- Max W. Hood, 47, appointed CAO effective Aug 24, 2026; will serve as principal accounting officer.
- Hood previously co-CFO of ODP Corp; joined ODP in 2018, held accounting and treasury roles.
- Compensation: $400k base salary, 50% target bonus, 70% LTI, $200k sign-on RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure under Reg S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-26-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T10:30:27+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000107/0000915913-26-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000107/alb-20260819.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Max W. Hood was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 19, 2026, the Board of Directors of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Max W. Hood as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 24, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000107/0000915913-26-000107-index.htm

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