secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTLAKE CORP (WLK)
CIK:        0001262823
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-31T21:00:37+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-376996
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westlake names Tommy E. Darby VP & Chief Accounting Officer; Holy moves to IR
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- Darby, 45, appointed VP & Chief Accounting Officer effective Aug 31, 2026, succeeding Jeffrey A. Holy.
- Prior CAO at Pactiv Evergreen (now Novolex) Aug 2022-Apr 2025; earlier roles at Valaris and Deloitte.
- Compensation: $440k salary, 45% annual target bonus, 8% quarterly target bonus, 90% LTI target.
- Sign-on RSU award with $135k grant date fair value, vesting Aug 31, 2029.
- Holy transitions to VP, Finance and Investor Relations effective with Darby's appointment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526376996/0001193125-26-376996-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000119312526376996/d437911d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-376996

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