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

(d) On August 4, 2022, the Board of Directors of Eastman Chemical Company (the "Company") elected Eric L. Butler as a director to serve until the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. He has been appointed to serve as a member of the Audit, Finance, and Environmental, Safety and Sustainability Committees of the Board of Directors. Mr. Butler will receive non-employee director compensation under the standard arrangements and agreements, which include cash compensation, equity awards, and an indemnification agreement, which are further described in the Company's 2022 Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2022.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Butler and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director. Mr. Butler does not have any family relationships with any of the Company's directors or executive officers. There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Mr. Butler and the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 8, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the change to the Board discussed in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K

Item 9.01 (d) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 is furnished pursuant to Item 9.01(d).



99.1       Press release announcing election of Eric L. Butler as a director.

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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.

Eastman Chemical Company



By:   /s/ Clark L. Jordan
      Clark L. Jordan
      Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary
      Date: August 8, 2022



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