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

Rogers Corp CEO Colin Gouveia departs; Ali El-Haj named interim CEO

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Rogers Corporation said its President and CEO, R. Colin Gouveia, left the company on July 12, 2025, and resigned from the Board that day. The Board appointed Ali El-Haj as interim President and CEO while it searches for a permanent leader, which may take time and leaves the company's leadership in transition for shareholders.

Key points

  • Colin Gouveia left as President and CEO on July 12, 2025, and resigned from the Board on the same date
  • Ali El-Haj named Interim President and CEO; offer letter sets a $750,000 base salary and a 100% target incentive starting with the 2026 performance year
  • El-Haj receives a $350,000 sign-on bonus and an initial restricted stock unit grant valued at $1,500,000, vesting one year after his start date
  • Lawrence E. Schmid, Senior Vice President of Global Operations, also left the company on July 14, 2025

The filing

CompanyRogers (ROG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 14, 2025, 2:08 PM ET
Accession number0000084748-25-000045

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, 6:56 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 July 14, 2025.

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