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Issuer:     California Resources Corp (CRC)
CIK:        0001609253
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001609253-26-000079
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CRC appoints Michael Helm as principal accounting officer; Noelle Repetti retires
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- Michael Helm named VP-Finance & Controller, principal accounting officer, effective March 16, 2026.
- Helm previously served as VP-Finance, Oil & Gas after CRC's Berry merger, and as Berry's CAO/CFO.
- Helm held CRC's VP & Corporate Controller role from 2014-2017 before joining Berry.
- Noelle Repetti, SVP & Controller, retiring effective March 16, 2026; no dispute involved.
- Helm will enter into a standard indemnification agreement under Delaware law.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609253/000160925326000079/0001609253-26-000079-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609253/000160925326000079/crc-20260316.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001609253-26-000079

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