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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-052698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CC"
cik: "0001627223"
company_name: "Chemours Co"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:49:55.667218+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chemours appoints Dawn Farrell as Board Chairperson effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Dawn Farrell, current Lead Independent Director, appointed Chairperson of the Board, effective Jan 1, 2022.
- Mark Vergnano, current Chairman, will continue as a member of the Board after the transition.
- Farrell is a retired energy executive, former President and CEO of TransAlta Corporation.
- The leadership change is part of a planned succession and was approved by the Board on Oct 26, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-052698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CC
- cik: 0001627223
- company_name: Chemours Co
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000156459021052698/0001564590-21-052698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000156459021052698/cc-8k_20211026.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-052698.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Vergnano changed role as Chairperson of the Board at Chemours Co.
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved the appointment of Dawn Farrell, a member of the Board and currently the Lead Independent Director of the Board, to succeed Mark Vergnano as the Chairperson of the Board, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000156459021052698/0001564590-21-052698-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dawn Farrell was appointed as Chairperson of the Board at Chemours Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved the appointment of Dawn Farrell, a member of the Board and currently the Lead Independent Director of the Board, to succeed Mark Vergnano as the Chairperson of the Board, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000156459021052698/0001564590-21-052698-index.htm

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