---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-005871"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CKX"
cik: "0000352955"
company_name: "CKX LANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:10:24.633114+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Edward Ellington to retire, will not stand for re-election at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Edward M. Ellington II notified CKX Lands on March 8, 2022, of his retirement from the board.
- He will not stand for re-election at the 2022 annual meeting; his term expires at that meeting.
- Ellington's retirement is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-005871
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CKX
- cik: 0000352955
- company_name: CKX LANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774922005871/0001437749-22-005871-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774922005871/ckx20220308_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-005871.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward M. Ellington II retired as Director at CKX LANDS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 8, 2022, Edward M. Ellington II notified CKX Lands, Inc. (the “Registrant”) that he would retire from his position as a member of the Registrant’s board of directors and thus will not stand for re-election at the Registrant’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774922005871/0001437749-22-005871-index.htm

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