secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Diversified Energy Co (DEC)
CIK:        0001922446
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-10T21:09:32+00:00
Accession:  0001922446-26-000073
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Diversified Energy Chairman David Johnson retires; CEO Rusty Hutson becomes Chairman
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- David Johnson resigns as Chairman and director effective Aug 5, 2026, after 9 years; no disagreement cited.
- Board reduces size from 6 to 5 directors following Johnson's departure.
- CEO and founder Rusty Hutson, Jr. appointed Chairman of the Board, effective Aug 5, 2026.
- David Turner, Jr. named Lead Independent Director; Martin Thomas joins Compensation Committee.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000073/0001922446-26-000073-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000073/dec-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001922446-26-000073

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