---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001515156-25-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARQ"
cik: "0001515156"
company_name: "Arq, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T18:19:36.328419+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arq annual meeting: Wells and Li depart, new board committee chairs

## Summary
- L. Spencer Wells and Gilbert Li did not stand for reelection, ending board service as of June 3, 2025.
- Stockholders elected all six director nominees; say-on-pay approved with 22.1M votes (96.3% of votes cast).
- Board appointed Richard Campbell-Breeden as Chair; Bergman chairs Audit, Campbell-Breeden Comp, Eicher Nominating.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001515156-25-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARQ
- cik: 0001515156
- company_name: Arq, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515625000082/0001515156-25-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515625000082/ades-20250603.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001515156-25-000082.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  L. Spencer Wells departed as Director at Arq, Inc..
  - Action: not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: As a result of their not standing for reelection at the Annual Meeting, L. Spencer Wells and Gilbert Li no longer serve as members of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective immediately following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515625000082/0001515156-25-000082-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gilbert Li departed as Director at Arq, Inc..
  - Action: not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: As a result of their not standing for reelection at the Annual Meeting, L. Spencer Wells and Gilbert Li no longer serve as members of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective immediately following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1515156/000151515625000082/0001515156-25-000082-index.htm

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