---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001227654-23-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMP"
cik: "0001227654"
company_name: "COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:20:37.406437+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Compass Minerals shifts independent director compensation to all equity, ~$800k annually

## Summary
- Independent directors will receive all compensation in equity, effective immediately; prior cash option eliminated.
- No changes to compensation amounts, timing, or existing deferral elections.
- Estimated $800,000 annually that would have been paid in cash will now be equity.
- Change intended to better align director interests with stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001227654-23-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMP
- cik: 0001227654
- company_name: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000093/0001227654-23-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000093/cmp-20230329.htm

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