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

Koppers Names James Sullivan President and Chief Transformation Officer

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Koppers Holdings named James A. Sullivan, its President and Chief Operating Officer through May 31, 2025, as President and Chief Transformation Officer, effective June 1, 2025. The newly created role will lead the company-wide Catalyst transformation initiative, and business unit leaders will now report to CEO Leroy Ball. The filing does not include financial results, guidance or cost targets for the initiative.

Key points

  • Sullivan, 61, served as President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2024 through May 31, 2025, and joined Koppers in June 2013.
  • The new role is effective June 1, 2025, and he will lead the Transformation Office overseeing the Catalyst Initiative.
  • Business unit leadership will now also report to CEO and Chairman Leroy Ball.
  • Ball said the company aims to improve its margin and cash flow profile, but the filing gives no quantified targets.

The filing

CompanyKoppers Holdings (KOP)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 29, 2025, 8:00 AM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-078597

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change8.01 Other Events

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 29, 2025.

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