---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-022224"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCPC"
cik: "0000009326"
company_name: "BALCHEM CORP"
filed_at: "2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T04:10:09.233141+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Balchem General Counsel and Secretary Mark Stach to retire by Dec 31, 2022

## Summary
- Mark Stach notified Balchem of his intent to retire; will step down upon appointment of a successor.
- Transition period: Stach will remain with the company until December 31, 2022.
- No successor has been named yet; company says it will conduct a search.
- Stach served as General Counsel and Secretary for the last five years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-022224
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCPC
- cik: 0000009326
- company_name: BALCHEM CORP
- filed_at: 2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122022224/0001140361-22-022224-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122022224/brhc10038554_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-022224
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-022224.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-022224.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Stach departed as General Counsel and Secretary at BALCHEM CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On June 7, 2022, Balchem Corporation (the “ Company ”) announced that Mark Stach, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, has notified the Company of his intent to retire and will step down upon the appointment of his successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122022224/0001140361-22-022224-index.htm

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