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

Balchem board reclassifies four directors across classes and elects vacancy-filling rule

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

Balchem Corporation rebalanced its board by having four directors resign from one class and get immediately re-elected to another, effective September 20, 2024, so each class has about one-third of the directors. The board also adopted a Maryland provision under which board vacancies may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, a change that affects how future board seats are filled.

Key points

  • Daniel Knutson and Joyce Lee moved from Class 2 to Class 3 effective September 20, 2024.
  • Monica Vicente moved from Class 2 to Class 1, and Kathleen Fish moved from Class 1 to Class 2.
  • The board adopted the Maryland vacancy provision on September 18, 2024, and filed Articles Supplementary on September 19, 2024.
  • The filing states the reclassification was solely for rebalancing and that each director's service is deemed uninterrupted.

The filing

CompanyBalchem (BCPC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 20, 2024, 4:15 PM ET
Accession number0001140361-24-041566

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.03 Bylaw / Charter Amendment

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 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 September 20, 2024.

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