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Issuer:     Moelis & Co (MC)
CIK:        0001596967
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-153472
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Moelis appoints Thorold Barker as independent director, effective July 1, 2025
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- Thorold Barker, former Wall Street Journal editor for EMEA, joins Moelis board as independent director.
- Barker will serve on all board committees; annual compensation: $200K ($100K cash/shares option plus $100K RSUs).
- Barker brings 30+ years in journalism, finance, and geopolitics; also senior adviser at AlixPartners.
- Current independent directors: Louise Mirrer, Kenneth Shropshire, Laila Worrell; Barker fills fourth seat.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312525153472/0001193125-25-153472-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312525153472/d68846d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-153472

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