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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-002698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSEOF"
cik: "0001519061"
company_name: "Trinseo PLC"
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:51:22.543757+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trinseo awards conditional retention bonuses to NEOs totaling $9.75M, requiring forfeiture of 2025 bonuses and LTI

## Summary
- CEO Bozich receives $3.2M; CFO Stasse $2.5M; Reverberi $1.7M; Chaclas $1.35M; Cooney $1M.
- Bonuses paid Jan 8, 2026; must be earned through continuous employment until Mar 31, 2027, unless Qualifying Termination.
- Conditions include forfeiture of 2025 annual bonus, cancellation of cash-settled LTI vesting, and waiver of Good Reason termination rights.
- Executives also forfeit 2026 LTI grants and any existing retention bonuses scheduled for 2026.
- Program aims to retain key leaders during 'extreme volatility in the chemicals industry' per the agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-002698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSEOF
- cik: 0001519061
- company_name: Trinseo PLC
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519061/000110465926002698/0001104659-26-002698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519061/000110465926002698/tse-20260106x8k.htm

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