---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-003304"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FF"
cik: "0001337298"
company_name: "FutureFuel Corp."
filed_at: "2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T13:27:06.892024+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FutureFuel appoints Kyle Gaither as COO effective February 9, 2023

## Summary
- Kyle Gaither, formerly General Manager of subsidiary FutureFuel Chemical Company, appointed COO.
- Tom McKinlay, CEO, had also served as COO; Gaither's appointment separates the roles.
- Gaither has over 30 years at FutureFuel Chemical and its predecessor Eastman Kodak.
- He receives a $250,000 annual base salary and is eligible for executive benefits and incentives.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-003304
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FF
- cik: 0001337298
- company_name: FutureFuel Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1337298/000143774923003304/0001437749-23-003304-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1337298/000143774923003304/ff20230214b_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-003304
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-003304.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-003304.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kyle Gaither was appointed as Chief Operations Officer at FutureFuel Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: Effective February 9, 2023, FutureFuel Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Kyle Gaither, formerly the General Manager of the Company’s subsidiary FutureFuel Chemical Company (“FFCC”), as Chief Operations Officer (“COO”) of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1337298/000143774923003304/0001437749-23-003304-index.htm

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