---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-073716"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWR"
cik: "0000839470"
company_name: "WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:47:52.726390+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westwater Resources CFO Jeffrey Vigil to retire Aug 26, 2022; Steven Cates elected successor

## Summary
- Jeffrey L. Vigil to retire as CFO and VP – Finance effective August 26, 2022.
- Steven M. Cates, previously CAO, elected new CFO and VP – Finance effective same date.
- Cates' employment agreement: $245,000 base salary, annual bonus target of 50% of base, LTI equity target of 50% of base.
- Vigil severance: $55,485 cash, 51,199 shares, COBRA through Feb 2023, and 90-day extension of vested option expiry.
- Vigil executed a release of claims; his employment agreement terminated upon retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-073716
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWR
- cik: 0000839470
- company_name: WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 1.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/839470/000110465922073716/0001104659-22-073716-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/839470/000110465922073716/tm2219041d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-073716
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-073716.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-073716.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey L. Vigil retired as CFO and Vice President – Finance at WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: CFO and Vice President – Finance
  source text: Jeffrey L. Vigil, CFO and Vice President – Finance of the Company, is retiring from the Company effective August 26, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/839470/000110465922073716/0001104659-22-073716-index.htm

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