---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-024359"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "USAR"
cik: "0001970622"
company_name: "USA Rare Earth, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T16:48:08.693616+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# USA Rare Earth appoints William Robert Steele Jr. as CFO effective March 24, 2025

## Summary
- Steele will serve as principal financial and accounting officer; base salary of $400,000.
- Target annual cash bonus of 60% of base salary; initial equity award of at least $2M.
- Christopher Boling ceases as principal financial officer but remains Controller.
- Steele previously Global CFO of Mujin Corp. and a Managing Director at Bank of America Securities.
- Employment agreement provides six months severance on without-cause termination before Dec 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-024359
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: USAR
- cik: 0001970622
- company_name: USA Rare Earth, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1970622/000121390025024359/0001213900-25-024359-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000121390025024359/ea0234569-8k_usarare.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-024359
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-024359.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-024359.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Robert Steele Jr. was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at USA Rare Earth, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Steele will be employed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000121390025024359/0001213900-25-024359-index.htm

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