---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-097954"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T03:41:05.790682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst board member Timothy Walsh resigns; Kevin Fogarty nominated for reclassification

## Summary
- Timothy Walsh resigns effective prior to 2023 annual meeting; not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Board nominates Kevin M. Fogarty for election as Class III Director at the 2023 annual meeting.
- Fogarty submits conditional resignation as Class I Director to facilitate board class rebalancing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-097954
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312523097954/0001193125-23-097954-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312523097954/d461672d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-097954
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-097954.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-097954.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin M. Fogarty changed role as Director (Class I → Class III) at Ecovyst Inc..
  - Action: nominated for reclassification
  - Role: Director (Class I → Class III)
  source text: The Board has nominated Kevin M. Fogarty, currently a Class I Director, for election at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting as a Class III Director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312523097954/0001193125-23-097954-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy Walsh resigned as Director at Ecovyst Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 5, 2023, Timothy Walsh notified Ecovyst Inc. (the “Company”) that he would be resigning from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of immediately prior to the commencement of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”) and that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312523097954/0001193125-23-097954-index.htm

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