---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-296687"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001524741"
company_name: "U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:51:23.350309+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# U.S. Silica appoints Gene Padgett as VP, Chief Accounting Officer, effective Dec 18

## Summary
- Eugene Padgett named VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller, reporting to interim CFO Kevin Hough.
- Base salary $360,500; 2023 guaranteed ABIP bonus of $231,000 (50% target).
- Receives sign-on RSUs valued at $100,000 (3-year vest) and $100,000 cash award (2-year vest).
- LTI target for 2024: $270,000; annual LTI target range 60%-75% of base from 2025.
- Previously SVP & CAO at Valmont Industries (2022-2023) and DXP Enterprises (2018-2022).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-296687
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001524741
- company_name: U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523296687/0001193125-23-296687-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523296687/d635638d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-296687.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Hough changed role as interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Padgett fills the office vacated by Kevin Hough, who was recently promoted to the position of the Company’s interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523296687/0001193125-23-296687-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eugene Padgett was appointed as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: On December 15, 2023, U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “U.S. Silica”) announced that it had appointed Eugene Padgett to serve as the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, effective December 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312523296687/0001193125-23-296687-index.htm

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