---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000931148-22-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAF"
cik: "0000931148"
company_name: "GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD"
filed_at: "2022-06-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:47:56.968185+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GrafTech appoints Marcel Kessler as CEO and President effective July 1, 2022

## Summary
- Marcel Kessler appointed CEO & President effective July 1; David Rintoul retires June 30.
- Kessler receives base salary of $750,000/yr, STIP target 100% of salary, $500K equity grant.
- Rintoul consulting agreement: $133,333/month through Dec 31, 2022 for transition support.
- Kessler elected to Board as Class II director, term expiring at 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000931148-22-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAF
- cik: 0000931148
- company_name: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
- filed_at: 2022-06-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114822000075/0000931148-22-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114822000075/gti-20220627.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-22-000075
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-22-000075.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-22-000075.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David J. Rintoul resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President at GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: David J. Rintoul, the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer and President, previously informed the Company of his intention to retire from the Company and resign from the Board effective as of June 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114822000075/0000931148-22-000075-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marcel Kessler was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On June 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of GrafTech International Ltd. (the “Company”) appointed Marcel Kessler to the position of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, effective July 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114822000075/0000931148-22-000075-index.htm

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