secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHART INDUSTRIES INC (GTLS)
CIK:        0000892553
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-21-294199
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chart Industries appoints Joe Brinkman as CFO; Scott Merkle to retire Oct 2022
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- Joe Brinkman, previously VP & GM of Industrial Gas Products (largest segment), becomes CFO effective Oct 1, 2021.
- Brinkman's base salary increased to $310,000; target annual cash incentive and long-term incentive each set at 50% of salary.
- Scott Merkle steps down as CFO and will retire Oct 2022; will provide transition support and receive base salary of $340,000 plus a lump sum of 6 months' salary.
- Amended severance for Brinkman includes enhanced change-in-control benefits (100% of highest base salary + target bonus).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312521294199/0001193125-21-294199-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312521294199/d208275d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-294199

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