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Issuer:     Diversified Energy Co (DEC)
CIK:        0001922446
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-26-000434
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Diversified Energy adopts Executive Severance Plan for CEO and CFO
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- CEO (Tier 1): 2.0x salary+bonus outside CIC, 2.99x inside; 24-36 months COBRA.
- CFO (Tier 2): same multipliers but 18 months COBRA; both get accelerated equity vesting.
- Plan effective Dec 31, 2025; supersedes prior employment/change-in-control agreements.
- Benefits require release of claims and compliance with non-compete/non-solicitation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000114036126000434/0001140361-26-000434-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000114036126000434/ef20062341_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-000434

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