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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Koppers Holdings (KOP)

Koppers swings to $13.9 million first-quarter net loss and cuts 2025 sales outlook

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Koppers reported first-quarter 2025 sales of $456.5 million, down from $497.6 million, and a net loss attributable to Koppers of $13.9 million, compared with net income of $13.0 million a year earlier. The results include a $29.0 million loss on pension settlement and $20.0 million of impairment, restructuring and plant closure costs. The company lowered its 2025 sales forecast to $2.0 billion to $2.2 billion from $2.17 billion but kept its adjusted EBITDA goal of approximately $280 million and adjusted EPS goal of $4.75.

Key points

  • Adjusted EPS was $0.71 versus $0.62 a year earlier, while diluted EPS was $(0.68) versus $0.59
  • 2025 sales forecast cut to $2.0 billion to $2.2 billion from $2.17 billion; adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS goals maintained
  • At the May 8, 2025 annual meeting, shareholders approved the amended 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan with 12,093,826 votes for and 5,231,663 against

The filing

CompanyKoppers Holdings (KOP)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 9, 2025, 8:19 AM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-067521

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:07 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 May 09, 2025.

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