secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FUEL TECH, INC. (FTEK)
CIK:        0000846913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T21:00:17+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-025704
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fuel Tech appoints Ramesh Nuggihalli as CEO; Vincent Arnone retires
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- Vincent J. Arnone retires as CEO and President effective Aug 10, 2026; remains on board.
- Ramesh Nuggihalli appointed CEO and President effective Aug 10, 2026; previously COO of CECO Environmental.
- New CEO receives base salary of $440,000, initial RSU grant of 300,000 units vesting over 3 years.
- Target short-term incentive of 75% of base salary; long-term incentive target of 100% of base salary.
- Severance and change of control provisions include 12-month base salary continuation and accelerated vesting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774926025704/0001437749-26-025704-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774926025704/ftek20260803_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-025704

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