secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Arq, Inc. (ARQ)
CIK:        0001515156
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001515156-23-000122
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ADES appoints Jeremy 'Deke' Williamson as COO effective Sept. 18, 2023
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- Williamson joins from Hi-Crush, where he was SVP of Production & Distribution Operations.
- Employment agreement: $350K base salary, 50% target bonus, 65% LTI target, $100K sign-on bonus.
- Inducement awards: 25,000 RSAs vesting over 3 years and 25,000 RSAs vesting at 6 months.
- Severance includes 12 months base salary, accelerated RSA vesting, and 12 months COBRA if terminated without cause.
- Press release highlights goal of becoming the only vertically integrated GAC producer in North America.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000122/0001515156-23-000122-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515623000122/ades-20230918.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001515156-23-000122

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