Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2022

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-31921	36-3972986
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9900 West 109th Street

Suite 100

Overland Park, KS 66210

(Address of principal executive offices)

(913) 344-9200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, $0.01 par value

CMP

The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective March 24, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven directors to eight directors and appointed Edward C. Dowling, Jr. as a director with a term expiring at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Dowling is an independent director and has been appointed to the Compensation Committee and the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Committee of the Board.

As a non-employee director, Mr. Dowling will be entitled to receive the same compensation as the Company’s other non-employee directors, as described in the Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, and in accordance with the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. In addition, Mr. Dowling received an equity grant on March 24, 2022, which will vest on March 24, 2023, with an equity value equal to $120,000 (the annual equity award value paid to the Company’s non-employee directors), prorated based on the number of days Mr. Dowling will serve in advance of the anticipated date of the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Dowling and the Company have entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Dowling and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Dowling was appointed as a director. Furthermore, there are no transactions between Mr. Dowling (or any member of his immediate family) and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Dowling's appointment to the Board on March 24, 2022. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Exhibit Description
99.1						Press release issued by Compass Minerals International, Inc. on March 24, 2022.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.