---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001534504-21-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PBF"
cik: "0001534504"
company_name: "PBF Energy Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T08:54:52.141375+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PBF Energy director William Hantke to retire Dec 31, 2021

## Summary
- William Hantke, director and member of Audit and Compensation Committees, informed of retirement effective Dec 31, 2021.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with the Company or Board.
- Effective date is after four-month notice period; no immediate leadership vacuum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001534504-21-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PBF
- cik: 0001534504
- company_name: PBF Energy Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534504/000153450421000032/0001534504-21-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534504/000153450421000032/pbf-20210814.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001534504-21-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001534504-21-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001534504-21-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Hantke retired as Director at PBF Energy Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 14, 2021, William Hantke, a director and a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of PBF Energy Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company that he will retire from the Board effective as of December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534504/000153450421000032/0001534504-21-000032-index.htm

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