secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTLAKE CORP (WLK)
CIK:        0001262823
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-164225
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westlake appoints Jonathan Baksht as CFO effective June 15, 2026
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- Jonathan Baksht appointed SVP & CFO effective June 15, 2026, succeeding retiring M. Steven Bender.
- Baksht most recently EVP & CFO of Fortune Brands Innovations (May 2025–Mar 2026).
- Compensation includes $200K sign-on cash, $1.8M in RSUs vesting in 2029, base pay of $832K.
- Bender transitions to Special Advisor to President until year-end retirement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526164225/0001193125-26-164225-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526164225/d28569d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-164225

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