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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-008677"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAL"
cik: "0000027904"
company_name: "DELTA AIR LINES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T03:46:54.584236+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Delta Air Lines elects Christophe Beck, Ecolab CEO, to board of directors

## Summary
- Election effective December 12, 2024; committee assignments to be determined later.
- Beck is Chairman & CEO of Ecolab (NYSE:ECL), a global leader in water and hygiene solutions.
- He will be compensated on the same basis as other non-employee directors, per Delta's 2024 proxy.
- Beck brings 30 years of global management experience across Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Delta's non-executive Chair David Taylor cited Beck's expertise in complex global businesses and technology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-008677
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAL
- cik: 0000027904
- company_name: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824008677/0001683168-24-008677-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824008677/delta_8k.htm

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