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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-335274"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:12:47.314073+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Industries awards $1.7M in retention bonuses to three officers for merger retention

## Summary
- $750,000 bonus each to VP/GC Hotchkiss and CHRO Vinci; paid on or before Dec 31, 2025.
- CTO Belling receives $200,000 bonus vesting 12 months after merger close.
- Bonuses repayable if officer resigns without Good Reason or is fired for Cause before retention date.
- Retention period: 9 months after merger close for Hotchkiss/Vinci; 12 months for Belling.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-335274
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312525335274/0001193125-25-335274-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000119312525335274/d87103d8k.htm

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