---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-052044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATV"
cik: "0001000623"
company_name: "Mativ Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T23:08:37.164027+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mativ appoints Shruti Singhal as CEO, replacing Schertell; launches cost review

## Summary
- Shruti Singhal appointed President and CEO effective March 11, 2025, succeeding Julie Schertell who stepped down as CEO and director.
- Singhal previously CEO of Galata Chemicals and Chroma Color; brings turnaround and operational execution expertise.
- Company launched comprehensive cost structure review to enhance profitability; reduced non-operating costs by over $20M in 2024.
- Singhal receives monthly cash stipend of $110,000 and equity award valued at $2,100,000 with one-year cliff vesting.
- Schertell's departure treated as involuntary without cause; eligible for severance benefits under Executive Severance Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-052044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATV
- cik: 0001000623
- company_name: Mativ Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000623/000119312525052044/0001193125-25-052044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000623/000119312525052044/d933567d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shruti Singhal was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Mativ Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 11, 2025, Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Shruti Singhal as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of March 11, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000623/000119312525052044/0001193125-25-052044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julie Schertell departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Mativ Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ms. Schertell departed the Company and stepped down from her role as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000623/000119312525052044/0001193125-25-052044-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Mativ Holdings, Inc.: Eliminated temporary governance provisions from the bylaws that were set to expire after the next annual meeting (effective 2025-03-11).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2025-03-11
  source text: On March 11, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The amendments eliminate the temporary governance provisions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 28, 2022, which were otherwise set to expire immediately following the upcoming annual meeting of stockholders and are further described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000623/000119312525052044/0001193125-25-052044-index.htm

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