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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · APA (APA)

APA Names Robert Rayphole Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, Effective Nov. 15

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

APA Corporation's Board appointed Robert P. Rayphole as vice president, chief accounting officer and controller, effective November 15, 2025. He succeeds Rebecca A. Hoyt, who is retiring after 33 years with the company and will remain until her retirement takes effect.

Key points

  • Rayphole's appointment is effective November 15, 2025, and he has been an APA employee since 2002, most recently as assistant controller since 2011.
  • Approved compensation includes a $355,000 annual base salary and a 50% target annual incentive, effective November 15, 2025.
  • A target long-term incentive of 225% of base salary takes effect January 1, 2026.
  • Hoyt, the current chief accounting officer and controller, remains with the company until her previously disclosed retirement.

The filing

CompanyAPA (APA)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 10, 2025, 4:22 PM ET
Accession number0001841666-25-000035

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 10, 2025.

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