secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR)
CIK:        0000081362
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-113810
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Quaker Houghton appoints Andrew Tometich as CEO effective Dec 1; Barry accelerates retirement
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- Andrew Tometich appointed CEO and President, effective Dec 1, 2021; expected start in early Oct 2021.
- Michael F. Barry accelerates CEO retirement to Nov 30, 2021; remains non-executive Chairman.
- Tometich compensation: $800k base salary, 100% target bonus, LTIP target $1.68M, $550k cash payment, $1.75M equity award.
- Tometich formerly EVP at H.B. Fuller; earlier roles at Dow Corning and Corning across specialty chemicals.
- Joseph Berquist promoted to EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, adding M&A, sustainability, IT, digitization responsibilities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465921113810/0001104659-21-113810-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465921113810/tm2127137d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-113810

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