---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001692427-22-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCSM"
cik: "0001692427"
company_name: "NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:33:04.470110+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NCS Multistage appoints Ryan Hummer as CEO effective Nov 1, 2022; founder Nipper retires but stays on Board

## Summary
- Founder and CEO Robert Nipper to retire effective November 1, 2022; remains on Board.
- Ryan Hummer, current CFO, appointed CEO same date; also joins Board as Class II director.
- Hummer has been with NCS since 2014, served as CFO since November 2016.
- Search for Hummer's successor as CFO underway, considering internal and external candidates.
- Hummer's amended employment agreement: $450K base salary, target bonus 100% of base, up to 200%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001692427-22-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCSM
- cik: 0001692427
- company_name: NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242722000022/0001692427-22-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242722000022/ncsm-20220727x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001692427-22-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001692427-22-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001692427-22-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Hummer was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointment of Mr. Ryan Hummer as Chief Executive Officer, effective November 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242722000022/0001692427-22-000022-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan Hummer was appointed as Class II Director at NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: appointed Ryan Hummer to the Board to serve as a Class II director with a term to expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242722000022/0001692427-22-000022-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Nipper retired as Chief Executive Officer at NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Robert Nipper, the Company’s founder, current Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors (the “Board”), will retire from his position as Chief Executive Officer and remain on the Company’s Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242722000022/0001692427-22-000022-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.