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Eastman Board Elects Jim Rogers CEO, Effective May 2009

ChemicalProcessing.com
01/13/2009

Eastman Chemical Co. recently announced that the board of directors has elected James P. Rogers, 57, president and chief executive officer, effective following the annual meeting of stockholders on May 7, 2009. The board also appointed Rogers as a director, effective immediately to serve in the class for which the term in office expires at the annual meeting of stockholders in May 2011. Rogers is currently president of the company and chemicals and fibers business group head.

J. Brian Ferguson, 54, will continue to serve as chairman and CEO through the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, and then will serve as executive chairman of the board through 2010. These actions come as part of the board’s normal succession planning process.


For more information, visit http://www.eastman.com.

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