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Issuer:     Element Solutions Inc (ESI)
CIK:        0001590714
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001590714-26-000033
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Element Solutions Executive Chairman Sir Martin Franklin to retire; Ian Ashken named Non-Executive Chairman
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- Sir Martin E. Franklin will not seek reelection and retire from the Board at the 2026 annual meeting (May 4, 2026).
- Ian G.H. Ashken, founding director and Chair of Nominating & Policies Committee, appointed Non-Executive Chairman, effective May 4.
- Board size reduced from eight to seven directors upon Franklin's retirement.
- Franklin will remain a substantial shareholder and counselor to CEO Ben Gliklich; no disagreements cited.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000033/0001590714-26-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000033/esi-20260323.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590714-26-000033

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