secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC. (—)
CIK:        0001524741
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-259929
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

U.S. Silica terminates CFO Don Merril, appoints Kevin Hough as interim CFO
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- CFO Donald A. Merril terminated without cause effective Oct 20, 2023; no disagreement on financial reporting.
- Interim CFO Kevin Hough, previously VP & Corporate Controller since 2011, plans to retire in 2024; permanent search underway.
- Hough's compensation: base salary $440k, target ABIP $375k prorated for 2023, sign-on cash $350k vesting May 1, 2024.
- Hough will participate in CIC severance plan and indemnification agreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523259929/0001193125-23-259929-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523259929/d563318d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-259929

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