secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cactus, Inc. (WHD)
CIK:        0001699136
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-000635
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cactus awards $2.5M in RSUs to three execs; Tadlock named CEO of Cactus International
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- Cactus granted $2.5M total restricted stock units to EVPs Tadlock and Nutt, and COO Bender, vesting ratably over 2-3 years.
- Stephen Tadlock receives $1M in RSUs ($500k/2yr, $500k/3yr) and becomes CEO of Cactus International JV, effective Jan 1, 2026.
- Jay A. Nutt allocated $900k total RSUs; Steven Bender receives $600k total RSUs.
- Grants are retention awards tied to closing of the joint venture with Baker Hughes (Cactus International).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000162828026000635/0001628280-26-000635-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000162828026000635/whd-20251230.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-000635

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