---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-043965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTUS"
cik: "0001598428"
company_name: "Metallus Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T13:02:23.793588+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TimkenSteel appoints Kenneth Garcia and Ellis Jones to board, effective Aug 12, 2021

## Summary
- Board expands to ten members; both appointees fill vacancies and join Audit Committee.
- Garcia is an executive fellow at Q2 Software; brings tech, M&A, and product development expertise.
- Jones is VP of global EHS&S at Goodyear; brings 30+ years automotive, sustainability, and operational excellence background.
- Both are independent under SEC and NYSE rules; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-043965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTUS
- cik: 0001598428
- company_name: Metallus Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000156459021043965/0001564590-21-043965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000156459021043965/tmst-8k_20210812.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-043965
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-043965.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-043965.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth V. Garcia was appointed as Director at Metallus Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 12, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TimkenSteel Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kenneth V. Garcia and Ellis A. Jones as directors of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000156459021043965/0001564590-21-043965-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ellis A. Jones was appointed as Director at Metallus Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 12, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TimkenSteel Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kenneth V. Garcia and Ellis A. Jones as directors of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000156459021043965/0001564590-21-043965-index.htm

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