---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-004473"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FUL"
cik: "0000039368"
company_name: "FULLER H B CO"
filed_at: "2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:22:23.701848+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# H.B. Fuller appoints Celeste Mastin as EVP & COO effective March 7, 2022

## Summary
- Ted Clark moves from COO to strategic advisory role effective March 7.
- Mastin's base salary set at $585,000; target short-term incentive at 75% of base.
- Annual long-term incentive awards total $1,000,000 in stock options and RSUs.
- One-time cash bonus of $1,700,000 subject to forfeiture if resignation within 12 months.
- Mastin previously CEO of PetroChoice; also serves on Granite Construction board (NYSE: GVA).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-004473
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FUL
- cik: 0000039368
- company_name: FULLER H B CO
- filed_at: 2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39368/000143774922004473/0001437749-22-004473-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39368/000143774922004473/ful20220223_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004473
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004473.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004473.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Theodore M. Clark changed role as Strategic Advisor at FULLER H B CO.
  - Action: transition
  - Role: Strategic Advisor
  source text: Effective March 7, 2022, Theodore M. Clark, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of H.B. Fuller Company (the "Company"), will transition from the Chief Operating Officer role and move into a strategic advisory role with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39368/000143774922004473/0001437749-22-004473-index.htm
- Executive change
  Celeste B. Mastin was elected as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at FULLER H B CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 23, 2022, the Company announced the election of Celeste B. Mastin as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective March 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39368/000143774922004473/0001437749-22-004473-index.htm

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