Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 6, 2021, Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") announced
the appointment of Mr. Neal Lux as President and Chief Executive Officer,
effective February 18, 2022. As part of the Company's executive management
succession planning process, effective as of the same date, Mr. C. Christopher
Gaut, the current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will retire
from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer and will become
Executive Chairman of the Company's board of directors (the "Board"). The Board
has also appointed Mr. Lux as a Class II director, effective February 18, 2022.
Mr. Lux, age 45, has served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer since December 2020. Since January 2009, Mr. Lux has held
various operations roles of increasing responsibility with the Company and its
subsidiaries, including Executive Vice President - Operations; Senior Vice
President - Completions; Managing Director - Global Tubing; and President -
Global Tubing. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.
Mr. Lux does not have any family relationships with any director, executive
officer, or any person nominated to become a director or executive officer of
the Company and there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Lux and
any other person pursuant to which Mr. Lux was appointed as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company. There are no transactions in which Mr.
Lux had or will have an interest that would be required to be disclosed pursuant
to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 6, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the
leadership transition described in this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of
the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K,
including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that section,
and is not incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise
expressly stated in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.               Exhibit Title or Description
  99.1                    Press release dated December 6, 2021
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104                       within the Inline XBRL document.

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