ALB: Leadership change · Company disclosure

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. (d) Effective as of July 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Eduardo De Salles Bartolomeo as an independent member of the Board. Mr. Bartolomeo has been appointed to the Board’s Audit and Finance Committee and Safety, Sustainability, Operations & Capital Committee. In accordance with our non-employee director compensation program, Mr. Bartolomeo will receive an annual retainer of $120,000, payable quarterly and pro-rated for the partial year of appointment, and an annual grant of restricted stock equal to $170,000 at the grant date, rounded up to the nearest 25-share increment and pro-rated for partial year of appointment. There is no arrangement or understanding with or between Mr. Bartolomeo and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. There are no transactions in which Mr. Bartolomeo has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. On July 23, 2026 the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall either be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by