{"url_path":"/sec/aroc/8-k/2026-06-25/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-25","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389050/0001104659-26-077839-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-077839","cik":"0001389050","ticker":"AROC","issuer_name":"Archrock, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389050/0001104659-26-077839-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001389050","primary_entity_name":"Archrock, Inc."},"word_count":723,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain\nOfficers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers**\n\n \n\nOn June 24, 2026, Archrock, Inc. (the\n“Company”) announced the appointment of Mohit Singh as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective\nJuly 6, 2026.\n\n \n\nMr. Singh, 49, served as Executive Vice President\nand Chief Financial Officer of Chesapeake Energy Corporation from 2021 through its merger with Southwestern Energy Company in 2024 to\nform Expand Energy Corporation, where he continued as CFO until August 2025. Prior to Chesapeake, Mr. Singh held senior leadership\nroles at BPX Energy, BP’s U.S. onshore subsidiary, where he led mergers and acquisitions, business development, exploration and\noperations functions. Earlier in his career, he served in investment banking roles at Goldman Sachs and RBC Capital Markets and began\nhis career with Shell Exploration & Production Company. Mr. Singh earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University\nof Houston, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BTech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology\n– Kanpur. Mr. Singh has served since 2024 as an independent director of Powell Industries, a Houston-based leader in electrical\nengineering and power solutions serving critical infrastructure markets, including utilities, energy, petrochemicals, and data centers.\n\n \n\nIn\nconnection with his appointment, the Company entered into an employment letter with Mr. Singh, which provides that he will\n(i) receive an annual base salary of $650,000, (ii) participate in the Company’s annual short-term incentive program,\nwith a target award level of 100% of eligible earnings, and (iii) be eligible to receive annual long-term incentive equity awards,\nwith an initial annual target award value of $2,300,000. In addition, Mr. Singh will receive a relocation package according to the\nCompany’s relocation policy (which will cover reasonable and customary relocation expenses incurred by Mr. Singh in his relocation\nto Texas and a tax gross-up payment to the extent that any relocation benefits are treated as taxable income) and a one-time “sign-on”\naward of restricted stock, which will have a value at the time of grant of $1,500,000 and will vest 20% on January 25, 2027, 40%\non January 25, 2028 and 40% on January 25, 2029, subject to Mr. Singh’s continued employment. Pursuant to the employment\nletter, the Company and Mr. Singh also have entered or will enter into the following agreements:\n\n \n\n·A severance benefit agreement, which provides that if Mr. Singh’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause\n(and not in connection with a change of control), he will be eligible to receive severance benefits in amounts and on terms and conditions\nconsistent with the Company’s other named executive officers.\n\n \n\n·A change of control agreement, which provides for the payment of certain benefits only in the event of a termination of Mr. Singh’s\nemployment without cause or Mr. Singh’s resignation for good reason, in either case within 18 months of a change of control\nof the Company, which benefits are in amounts and on terms and conditions consistent with the Company’s other named executive officers\n(other than the Chief Executive Officer).\n\n \n\nMr. Singh\nwill also be subject to customary restrictive covenants, including non-competition and non-solicitation covenants lasting for 18 months\nfollowing Mr. Singh’s termination of employment, and will be entitled to indemnification by the Company to the fullest\nextent permitted under Delaware law against liability that may arise by reason of his service to the Company, and to the advancement of\nexpenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against him as to which he could be indemnified.\n\n \n\nThe foregoing descriptions of the employment letter,\nseverance benefit agreement and change of control agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the agreements,\nwhich are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and incorporated by reference.\n\n \n\nMr. Singh\ndoes not have any family relationship with any member of our board of directors or any executive officer. There are no relationships or\nrelated transactions between Mr. Singh and us that would be\nrequired to be reported in this Current Report on Form 8-K.\n\n \n\nIn connection with Douglas\nS. Aron’s retirement from Archrock as previously announced on March 25, 2026, Mr. Aron will resign from his position as\nSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on June 30, 2026.\n\n \n\n2"}