---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001515156-23-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARQ"
cik: "0001515156"
company_name: "Arq, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:54:51.489355+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ADES extends Tax Asset Protection Plan to Dec 2024; appoints Laurie Bergman to board

## Summary
- Tax Asset Protection Plan extended to Dec 31, 2024; expires Dec 31, 2023 if stockholder approval not obtained.
- Director Taylor Simonton resigned effective June 13, 2023; no disagreements with the company.
- Laurie Bergman appointed as director and Audit Committee chair, effective immediately after Simonton's resignation.
- Bergman is CFO of Liquid Environmental Solutions; former CAO of UGI Corp and AmeriGas.
- Bergman will stand for election at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001515156-23-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARQ
- cik: 0001515156
- company_name: Arq, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000047/0001515156-23-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000047/ades-20230411.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Taylor Simonton resigned as Director at Arq, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 11, 2023, Taylor Simonton resigned from his position as a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") effective as of 8 am (Mountain Time) on the date of the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000047/0001515156-23-000047-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laurie Bergman was appointed as Director at Arq, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 11, 2023, the Board appointed Laurie Bergman to the Board, effective immediately following the Resignation Effective Time (the "Appointment Time") to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Simonton's resignation from the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000047/0001515156-23-000047-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Arq, Inc. amended Sixth Amendment to Tax Asset Protection Plan with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (effective 2023-04-13).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
  - Effective: 2023-04-13
  source text: On April 13, 2023, Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, entered into the Sixth Amendment to Tax Asset Protection Plan (the "Sixth Amendment") between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the "Rights Agent") that amends the Tax Asset Protection Plan dated May 5, 2017, as amended (the "TAPP") between the Company and the Rights Agent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000047/0001515156-23-000047-index.htm

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