---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001227654-23-000237"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMP"
cik: "0001227654"
company_name: "COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T10:20:18.356457+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Compass Minerals appoints Jeffrey Cathey as Chief Accounting Officer, effective Dec 18, 2023

## Summary
- Jeffrey Cathey named CAO; start date Jan 2, 2024 or earlier mutually agreed.
- Base salary $350k, target MAIP bonus 50% ($175k), LTIP target 70% ($245k).
- One-time RSU grant of $250k, ratable vesting over three years.
- Former CAO Teresa Cook stays in interim VP role until planned retirement May 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001227654-23-000237
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMP
- cik: 0001227654
- company_name: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000237/0001227654-23-000237-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000237/cmp-20231218.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-23-000237
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-23-000237.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-23-000237.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Cathey was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective December 18, 2023, Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jeffrey Cathey as Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000237/0001227654-23-000237-index.htm
- Executive change
  Teresa Cook changed role as Vice President, Finance and Accounting at COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: transitioned to Vice President, Finance and Accounting
  - Role: Vice President, Finance and Accounting
  source text: Teresa Cook, the former Chief Accounting Officer, will continue to be employed by the Company in an interim role as Vice President, Finance and Accounting prior to her retirement planned for May 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000237/0001227654-23-000237-index.htm

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