secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB)
CIK:        0000915913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-21T10:30:27+00:00
Accession:  0000915913-26-000107
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000107/0000915913-26-000107-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000107/alb-20260819.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-26-000107

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