---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001401257-23-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FET"
cik: "0001401257"
company_name: "FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:39:38.898986+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forum Energy appoints Leslie Beyer to board; Gaut steps down as executive chairman

## Summary
- Leslie A. Beyer appointed to board, serving on Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee; up for election at 2025 annual meeting.
- Beyer receives standard indemnification and RSU award of approximately $150,000, consistent with non-employee director compensation.
- C. Christopher Gaut transitions from Executive Chairman to non-executive Chairman effective Jan 1, 2024, ceasing as executive officer.
- Gaut to receive non-employee director compensation plus $100,000 annual chairman fee and subsidized health plan coverage.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001401257-23-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FET
- cik: 0001401257
- company_name: FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125723000095/0001401257-23-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125723000095/fet-20231201.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leslie A. Beyer was appointed as member of the Board at FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On December 1, 2023 , the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (the “Company) appointed Ms. Leslie A. Beyer, as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125723000095/0001401257-23-000095-index.htm
- Executive change
  C. Christopher Gaut changed role as Chairman of the Board at FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: the Board of Directors agreed with Mr. C. Christopher Gaut, Executive Chairman of the Board, that he will transition to serve as Chairman of the Board on January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125723000095/0001401257-23-000095-index.htm

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