secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHART INDUSTRIES INC (GTLS)
CIK:        0000892553
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-274882
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312524274882/0001193125-24-274882-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312524274882/d903940d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-274882

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