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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-274882"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:57:53.815055+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Industries authorizes $250M share repurchase; no buybacks until net leverage below 2.5x

## Summary
- Board authorized up to $250M of common stock repurchases as of Dec 11, 2024.
- Company reiterates policy: no buybacks until net leverage below 2.5x (current 3.04 as of Sep 30, 2024).
- CEO expects debt to reach $3B by end of 2025 and plans to use capital for debt paydown and growth.
- Program may be modified, discontinued, or suspended at any time without prior notice.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-274882
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312524274882/0001193125-24-274882-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312524274882/d903940d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-274882.txt

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