---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-283999"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:35:21.593657+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Industries CEO Jillian Evanko resigns effective Jan 6, 2026; will remain senior advisor for Baker Hughes merger

## Summary
- Evanko to step down as President/CEO and Board member; interim CEO to be appointed from within.
- She will serve as Senior Advisor through merger close, with fee of $1M/month (min $4M, max $9M) contingent on merger.
- Company amended employment agreements for Hotchkiss, Vinci, Brinkman, Belling increasing change-in-control severance multiples (e.g., from 100% to 200% for three executives).
- Baker Hughes merger remains on track for mid-2026; shareholder approval obtained and HSR waiting period expired.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-283999
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312525283999/0001193125-25-283999-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312525283999/d76003d8k.htm

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