---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000931148-24-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAF"
cik: "0000931148"
company_name: "GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD"
filed_at: "2024-03-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:17:29.658198+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GrafTech appoints Timothy Flanagan as permanent CEO and President, effective immediately

## Summary
- Flanagan had served as interim CEO since November 2023; now permanently appointed after board search.
- Board size increased from 7 to 8; Flanagan elected as Class I director, effective March 26, 2024.
- Base salary increased to $702,000/year; STIP target remains 100% of base; LTI target 200% of base plus stipend.
- Severance benefit raised to 1.5x base salary and STIP target for termination without cause or good reason.
- Cites Flanagan's steel industry experience from over a decade at Cleveland-Cliffs as key to leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000931148-24-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAF
- cik: 0000931148
- company_name: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
- filed_at: 2024-03-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114824000045/0000931148-24-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114824000045/gti-20240326.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-24-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-24-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-24-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy K. Flanagan was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On March 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of GrafTech International Ltd. (the “Company”) appointed Timothy K. Flanagan as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114824000045/0000931148-24-000045-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy K. Flanagan was appointed as Director at GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: To fill the Class I directorship vacancy resulting from the increase of the size of the Board on March 26, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Flanagan as director, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114824000045/0000931148-24-000045-index.htm

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