secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BALCHEM CORP (BCPC)
CIK:        0000009326
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-26-006184
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Balchem appoints Erin L. Gilson as CAO effective April 1, 2026
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- William A. Backus, VP and Chief Accounting Officer, retiring on March 31, 2026.
- Erin L. Gilson elected VP and Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 1, 2026.
- Gilson joined Balchem in February 2016; currently Senior Director, Accounting and Financial Reporting.
- No material changes to Gilson's compensatory arrangement as a result of the election.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126006184/0001140361-26-006184-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126006184/ef20065786_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-006184

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