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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-054808"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMN"
cik: "0000915389"
company_name: "EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO"
filed_at: "2025-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T20:08:57.223975+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastman Chemical enters severance deal with officer Brad A. Lich; provides $2M cash, healthcare

## Summary
- Severance agreement effective March 10, 2025 with Brad A. Lich.
- Qualifying termination (without cause or good reason after March 1, 2027) triggers $2M cash plus existing plan amounts.
- Also provides up to four months of continued healthcare coverage.
- Benefits conditioned on release of claims and compliance with restrictive covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-054808
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMN
- cik: 0000915389
- company_name: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
- filed_at: 2025-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000119312525054808/0001193125-25-054808-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000119312525054808/d914626d8k.htm

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