---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-078966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPI"
cik: "0001421461"
company_name: "Intrepid Potash, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:00:24.952005+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Intrepid Potash appoints Barth Whitham Chair, initiates CEO search; Q2 outlook updated

## Summary
- Barth Whitham elected Chairman, replacing Bob Jornayvaz who remains on extended medical leave.
- Board initiated search for new CEO; CFO Matt Preston continues as acting principal executive officer.
- Q2 potash sales volumes expected ~55,000 tons at $405/ton; Trio ~63,000 tons at $314/ton.
- Full-year 2024 potash production on track to exceed prior year by ~15%.
- Bob Jornayvaz remains a director; Hugh Harvey appointed Chair of Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-078966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPI
- cik: 0001421461
- company_name: Intrepid Potash, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421461/000110465924078966/0001104659-24-078966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421461/000110465924078966/tm2419162d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-078966.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Jornayvaz changed role as Chairman of the Board at Intrepid Potash, Inc..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On July 9, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed director Barth Whitham to the role of Chairman of the Board, replacing Robert Jornayvaz.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421461/000110465924078966/0001104659-24-078966-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barth Whitham was appointed as Chairman of the Board at Intrepid Potash, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On July 9, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed director Barth Whitham to the role of Chairman of the Board, replacing Robert Jornayvaz.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421461/000110465924078966/0001104659-24-078966-index.htm

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