---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-091106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AESI"
cik: "0001984060"
company_name: "Atlas Energy Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:42:21.011484+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atlas Energy Solutions appoints Chris Scholla COO with $450K base salary

## Summary
- Chris Scholla promoted from Chief Supply Chain Officer to COO effective August 5, 2024.
- Annual base salary of $450,000; 2024 bonus target 100% of base (prorated).
- One-time LTI award of $350,000 in RSUs/PSUs; ongoing annual LTI target of $1.4M.
- Scholla joined Atlas in 2017, led oilfield logistics entry in 2019, oversaw logistics growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-091106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AESI
- cik: 0001984060
- company_name: Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024091106/0000950170-24-091106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024091106/aesi-20240805.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-091106.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Scholla was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Energy Solutions Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On August 5, 2024, Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Chris Scholla, the Company’s current Chief Supply Chain Officer, to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective as of August 5, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024091106/0000950170-24-091106-index.htm

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