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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-190795"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001524741"
company_name: "U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:47:58.241523+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# U.S. Silica appoints Alan Schultz as EVP & CFO, replacing Kevin Hough

## Summary
- Alan Schultz appointed EVP and Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2024.
- Schultz, 43, previously served as SVP, Strategy at U.S. Silica since 2016.
- Kevin Hough stepped down as interim EVP and CFO, effective August 1, 2024.
- Schultz holds a BS from Northwestern and an MBA from Harvard; no familial ties to officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-190795
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001524741
- company_name: U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312524190795/0001193125-24-190795-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312524190795/d866526d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-190795.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Hough departed as interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Kevin Hough, who has stepped down, effective August 1, 2024, from his role as interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312524190795/0001193125-24-190795-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alan Schultz was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Alan Schultz to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524741/000119312524190795/0001193125-24-190795-index.htm

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