---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000931148-25-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAF"
cik: "0000931148"
company_name: "GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD"
filed_at: "2025-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T06:06:26.893077+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GrafTech appoints Sachin Shivaram to board under cooperation agreement with stockholder Nilesh Undavia

## Summary
- Appointment of Sachin Shivaram as Class III director effective Jan 10, 2025; he joins Audit and HR/Comp committees.
- GrafTech and 6.7% holder Undavia agree to standstill, voting commitments through Jan 2027 or May 2028.
- Parties to seek a second independent director for Class I seat at the 2025 annual meeting.
- Director Timothy Flanagan reclassified from Class I to Class II to open seat for new nominee.
- Shivaram is CEO of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry, former ArcelorMittal executive.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000931148-25-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAF
- cik: 0000931148
- company_name: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
- filed_at: 2025-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114825000015/0000931148-25-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114825000015/gti-20250110.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-25-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-25-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-25-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sachin Shivaram was appointed as Class III Director at GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On January 10, 2025, the Board appointed Mr. Shivaram as a Class III director of the Board, effective January 10, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114825000015/0000931148-25-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy K. Flanagan was appointed as Class II Director at GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  - Action: resigned and reappointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Timothy K. Flanagan, a Class I director, submitted his resignation from the Board, effective immediately, and was immediately reappointed to the Board as a Class II director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114825000015/0000931148-25-000015-index.htm

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