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Issuer:     CHART INDUSTRIES INC (GTLS)
CIK:        0000892553
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-002888
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chart Industries enters new employment agreement with CFO Brinkman; enhances severance and adds non-compete
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- Effective Jan 1, 2025, Chart Industries entered an employment agreement with CFO Joseph R. Brinkman, replacing his prior severance agreement.
- Involuntary termination without cause or good reason resignation (non-CIC) triggers one year base salary, health coverage, and greater of current target bonus or prior year bonus.
- New agreement includes non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality provisions not present in the prior severance agreement.
- Terms are consistent with those of other senior executive officers.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312525002888/0001193125-25-002888-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312525002888/d908752d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-002888

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