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): September 6, 2017

 

 

Huntsman Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(281) 719-6000

 

Not applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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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).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 

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

 

On September 6, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Huntsman Corporation (the “Company”) approved transaction bonuses to Sean Douglas, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; J. Kimo Esplin, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Strategy and Investment; and David Stryker, the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, each in the amount of $400,000 in recognition of each officer’s significant contributions to the Company in connection with the separation of its Pigments and Additives business from the other businesses of the Company and transactions with respect to the related initial public offering of Venator Materials PLC. These bonuses will be paid as soon as administratively feasible.

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

	Huntsman Corporation
	By:	/s/ R. Wade Rogers
	Name:	R. Wade Rogers
	Title:	Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources

 

Date:  September 8, 2017

 

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