---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822479-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHC"
cik: "0001822479"
company_name: "Sotera Health Co"
filed_at: "2026-08-14T11:17:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-14T11:20:03.851716+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sotera Health director James C. Neary resigns, board set to eleven

## Summary
- James C. Neary resigned as Class I director effective August 13, 2026.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Company operations, policies, or practices.
- Board fixed size at eleven directors as of the effective date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822479-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHC
- cik: 0001822479
- company_name: Sotera Health Co
- filed_at: 2026-08-14T11:17:55+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247926000050/0001822479-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247926000050/shc-20260811.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822479-26-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James C. Neary resigned as Class I director at Sotera Health Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On August 11, 2026, James C. Neary notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sotera Health Company (the “Company”) of his resignation as a Class I director, effective August 13, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247926000050/0001822479-26-000050-index.htm

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