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

Westlake appoints Tommy Darby as Chief Accounting Officer, effective immediately

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Westlake named Tommy E. Darby, 45, as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective immediately, succeeding Jeffrey A. Holy, who moves to Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations. The filing describes a routine officer change with a standard pay package, and it does not report any financial results or changes to company guidance.

Key points

  • Darby previously was Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Pactiv Evergreen (now Novolex) from August 2022 to April 2025
  • Pay includes a $440,000 annual salary, a 45% annual incentive target, and a 90% long-term incentive target
  • Sign-on restricted stock units have a total grant date fair value of $135,000 and fully vest on August 31, 2029

The filing

CompanyWestlake (WLK)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 31, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-376996

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:17 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 August 31, 2026.

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