---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001227654-22-000316"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMP"
cik: "0001227654"
company_name: "COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:19:27.999120+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Compass Minerals appoints two Koch-nominated directors after $252M equity investment

## Summary
- Board expanded from 10 to 12; Jon Chisholm and Shane Wagnon appointed effective Nov 13, 2022.
- Appointments follow Koch Minerals & Trading's $252M private placement for 6.83M shares (~17% stake).
- Chisholm is managing director at Koch Disruptive Technologies; Wagnon is VP trading/terminals at Koch Carbon.
- Neither appointee will receive compensation or equity grants; they are employees of a Koch affiliate.
- Company issued press release on Nov 16, 2022 announcing the appointments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001227654-22-000316
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMP
- cik: 0001227654
- company_name: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765422000316/0001227654-22-000316-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765422000316/cmp-20221113.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-22-000316
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-22-000316.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-22-000316.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jon A. Chisholm was appointed as director at COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective November 13, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten directors to twelve directors and appointed Jon A. Chisholm and Shane T. Wagnon as directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765422000316/0001227654-22-000316-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shane T. Wagnon was appointed as director at COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective November 13, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten directors to twelve directors and appointed Jon A. Chisholm and Shane T. Wagnon as directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765422000316/0001227654-22-000316-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.