---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-104584"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MYE"
cik: "0000069488"
company_name: "MYERS INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:58:34.435237+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Myers Industries CEO Mike McGaugh departs; Dave Basque named interim CEO

## Summary
- Michael McGaugh terminated as President and CEO effective immediately; Board engages national search.
- Dave Basque, currently VP Special Projects, appointed Interim President and CEO; $50k/month stipend plus $500k completion bonus.
- Executive retention program for CFO Grant Fitz and SVP Jeff Baker: cash bonus equal to 75% of base salary, payable after 1 year.
- Basque led Myers' material handling injection molding and integration; prior 35 years at Dow Chemical.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-104584
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MYE
- cik: 0000069488
- company_name: MYERS INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017024104584/0000950170-24-104584-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017024104584/mye-form_8-k-20240909.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-104584
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-104584.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-104584.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael McGaugh departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at MYERS INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 9, 2024, Myers Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the departure of Michael McGaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer, as an officer and director of the Company effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017024104584/0000950170-24-104584-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dave Basque was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at MYERS INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: and the appointment by the Board of Directors of Dave Basque to serve as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer until a new President and Chief Executive Officer is appointed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017024104584/0000950170-24-104584-index.htm

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