---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062231-26-000142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCH"
cik: "0001062231"
company_name: "Dauch Corp"
filed_at: "2026-10-13T12:00:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T12:05:28.422979+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dauch appoints Nathan Iles CFO effective Dec 1; Christopher May shifts to CAO

## Summary
- Nathan R. Iles, 50, joins as Senior Vice President of Finance on Nov 2, 2026 and succeeds Christopher May as CFO on Dec 1, 2026.
- Iles was CFO of Standard Motor Products (NYSE: SMP) since 2019; previously VP & CFO at UCI International Holdings (2016-2019); started at Ernst & Young.
- Iles pay: $650,000 base salary, 100% target bonus, 200% LTI target, a 90,909-share performance award, $500,000 RSUs and a $375,000 cash bonus payable March 2027.
- May becomes EVP & Chief Administrative Officer Dec 1, keeping IT oversight and adding HR; Terri Kemp becomes SVP, Chief of Staff only and retires at end of 2026.
- All positions report directly to Chairman & CEO David C. Dauch.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062231-26-000142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCH
- cik: 0001062231
- company_name: Dauch Corp
- filed_at: 2026-10-13T12:00:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223126000142/0001062231-26-000142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223126000142/dch-20261007.htm

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