secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dauch Corp (DCH)
CIK:        0001062231
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-13T12:00:16+00:00
Accession:  0001062231-26-000142
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223126000142/0001062231-26-000142-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223126000142/dch-20261007.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062231-26-000142

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