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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-006038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOP"
cik: "0001315257"
company_name: "Koppers Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:20:34.272415+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Koppers posts record FY2021 sales $1.68B, adjusted EBITDA $223.5M; reinstates dividend

## Summary
- FY2021 net income $85.2M, diluted EPS $3.90, adjusted EPS $4.21; Q4 net income $22.2M, adjusted EPS $0.77.
- CMC segment Q4 record EBITDA $24.9M (+73% YoY); RUPS EBITDA fell to $6.2M on lower rail volumes and costs.
- 2022 outlook: sales ~$1.8B, adjusted EBITDA ~$230M, adjusted EPS ~$4.25; capex $95M.
- Board reinstates quarterly cash dividend at $0.05/share, first since 2014; payable April 4 to holders of record March 18.
- 2021 adjusted EBITDA $223.5M vs $211.0M prior year; eighth straight year of improvement expected in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-006038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOP
- cik: 0001315257
- company_name: Koppers Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000156459022006038/0001564590-22-006038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000156459022006038/kop-8k_20220223.htm

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