---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-365271"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLB"
cik: "0001958086"
company_name: "Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-08-25T20:51:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T20:52:05.059664+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Laboratories director Kwaku Temeng resigns Oct 1 over strategy, governance disagreement

## Summary
- Kwaku Temeng resigns as director effective Oct 1, 2026; cites disagreement over strategic direction and governance.
- He served as Chairman of Nominating Committee and member of Compensation Committee.
- Board says primary disagreement concerns succession planning approach; Temeng also has research-priority concerns.
- Resignation letter filed as Exhibit 17.1; no replacement director announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-365271
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLB
- cik: 0001958086
- company_name: Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T20:51:00+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526365271/0001193125-26-365271-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526365271/clb-20260819.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-365271.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-365271.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kwaku Temeng resigned as director at Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On August 19, 2026, Kwaku Temeng verbally notified the Board of Directors of Core Laboratories Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign as a director of the Company effective October 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526365271/0001193125-26-365271-index.htm

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