---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-302274"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXC"
cik: "0001514705"
company_name: "SunCoke Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:06:24.305979+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SunCoke Energy promotes Katherine T. Gates to President, appoints to Board effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Gates promoted to President and appointed to Board effective Jan 1, 2023. CEO Rippey remains.
- Compensation: $661,500 base salary, target non-equity incentive 80% of base, LTIP target 150% of base.
- Gates has been with SunCoke since 2013, most recently SVP, Chief Legal Officer and Chief HR Officer.
- She will stand for election at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-302274
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXC
- cik: 0001514705
- company_name: SunCoke Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514705/000119312522302274/0001193125-22-302274-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514705/000119312522302274/d428605d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302274
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302274.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302274.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Katherine T. Gates was appointed as President at SunCoke Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: unanimously appointed Katherine T. Gates, age 46, to the position of President of the Company effective January 1, 2023, and as a member of the Board effective as of the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514705/000119312522302274/0001193125-22-302274-index.htm
- Executive change
  Katherine T. Gates was appointed as Director at SunCoke Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: unanimously appointed Katherine T. Gates, age 46, to the position of President of the Company effective January 1, 2023, and as a member of the Board effective as of the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514705/000119312522302274/0001193125-22-302274-index.htm

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