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Issuer:     HALLADOR ENERGY CO (HNRG)
CIK:        0000788965
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-001098
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hallador Energy appoints Barbara Sugg to board, replacing David Hardie after 35 years
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- David Hardie resigned effective Jan 1, 2026; no disagreement with company.
- Barbara Sugg appointed director effective Jan 1, 2026, filling Hardie's seat.
- Sugg is former CEO of Southwest Power Pool, overseeing grid operations and $2B in transmission projects.
- Board remains six members, five independent per Nasdaq standards.
- Sugg receives $200K annual retainer (50% cash, 50% RSUs) under director compensation program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000110465926001098/0001104659-26-001098-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000110465926001098/hnrg-20251230x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-001098

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