---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001227654-24-000142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMP"
cik: "0001227654"
company_name: "COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:56:51.435773+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Compass Minerals appoints Ashley Ward as VP, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Ashley Ward, age 39, appointed VP Corporate Controller effective July 1, 2024, serving as principal accounting officer.
- Ward previously held roles at Crestwood Equity Partners, Barkley, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, and Flint Hills Resources.
- Base salary $250,000; target bonus 30% of base under MAIP; LTIP target 40% of base.
- Employment is at-will; standard Restrictive Covenant Agreement required.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001227654-24-000142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMP
- cik: 0001227654
- company_name: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765424000142/0001227654-24-000142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765424000142/cmp-20240701.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-24-000142
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-24-000142.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001227654-24-000142.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ashley Ward was appointed as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Appointment and Compensation of Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer Effective July 1, 2024, Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ashley Ward, age 39, as Vice President, Corporate Controller.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765424000142/0001227654-24-000142-index.htm

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