--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001104659-23-066578" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CODQL" cik: "0001770561" company_name: "Coronado Global Resources Inc." filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T10:41:44.015662+00:00" event_type: "leadership" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.65 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Coronado appoints Douglas Thompson as CEO, Garold Spindler as Executive Chair effective May 25 ## Summary - Spindler receives $700k base salary plus $225k director fee; term expires at 2024 AGM. - Koeck appointed Deputy Chair/Lead Independent Director with AU$275k annual compensation plus AU$15k committee chair fee. - Thompson appointed CEO with AU$1.175M base salary; three-month notice period, six-month severance for non-cause termination. - Shareholders approved issuance of up to 25M securities under 2018 Equity Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 25% company match. - All six director nominees elected; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY 2023. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001104659-23-066578 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CODQL - cik: 0001770561 - company_name: Coronado Global Resources Inc. - filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: leadership - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.65 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/tm2317314d1_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-066578 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-066578.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-066578.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Garold Spindler was appointed as Executive Chair of the Board at Coronado Global Resources Inc.. - Action: appointed - Role: Executive Chair of the Board source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Coronado Global Resources Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Garold Spindler to the position of Executive Chair of the Board evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Executive change William Koeck was appointed as Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director at Coronado Global Resources Inc.. - Action: appointed - Role: Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director source text: appointed William (Bill) Koeck to the position of the Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director of the Board evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Executive change Douglas G. Thompson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Coronado Global Resources Inc.. - Action: appointed - Role: Chief Executive Officer source text: the Board appointed Douglas G. Thompson as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the Effective Date evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Coronado Global Resources Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Issuance of up to 25,000,000 Securities Under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan Pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13) and For All Other Purposes at the 2023-05-24 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-24 source text: Proposal 5 - Approval of the Issuance of up to 25,000,000 Securities Under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan Pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13) and For All Other Purposes . The Common Stockholders voted upon and approved the issuance evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Coronado Global Resources Inc. shareholders approved Election of Director Nominees at the 2023-05-24 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-24 source text: Proposals 1 and 2 - Election of Director Nominees . The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following six director nominees to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual general meeting of stockholders or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Coronado Global Resources Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-24 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-24 source text: Proposal 4 - Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 . The Common Stockholders voted upon and approved the ratification evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Coronado Global Resources Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Our Named Executive Officers’ Compensation at the 2023-05-24 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-24 source text: Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote to Approve Our Named Executive Officers’ Compensation . The Common Stockholders voted upon and approved, by nonbinding, advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Coronado Global Resources Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Coronado Global Resources Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-05-24 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-24 source text: Proposal 6 - Approval of Coronado Global Resources Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan . The Common Stockholders voted and approved the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923066578/0001104659-23-066578-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.