Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (the "Company," "we," "us," "our") issued a press release on January 23, 2023, announcing that on January 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mitesh Thakkar, age 44, to the position of President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Thakkar has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since June 15, 2020, and was the interim Chief Financial Officer from January 1 to June 15, 2020. Mr. Thakkar also served as the interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company's subsidiary, CONSOL Coal Resources GP LLC (the "General Partner") from January 1, 2020 and was appointed by the Board of Directors of the General Partner to be its Chief Financial Officer on June 15, 2020. In addition to his current responsibilities as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Thakkar will also be responsible for Strategy and Business Development, Environment and Sustainability, and Sales and Marketing. Mr. Thakkar will continue to report to Mr. Brock, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, in his new role.

In connection with Mr. Thakkar's appointment as the Company's President in addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer, based on a recommendation and market benchmark data prepared by Mercer, the Company's Compensation Committee approved a new compensation package for Mr. Thakkar to increase his base salary by $115,000 to $600,000, his target short-term incentive compensation opportunity by $309,000 to $600,000, and his long-term incentive compensation opportunity by $472,500 to $1,200,000. The combined effect of these increases results in an increase in his revised target total direct compensation opportunity by $896,500 to $2,400,000, a majority of which is performance-based.

There is no arrangement or understanding, between Mr. Thakkar and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Thakkar has been appointed as President of the Company, and there is no family relationship between Mr. Thakkar and any of the Company's directors or executive officers. Mr. Thakkar has no direct or indirect interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD

The Company's press release on January 23, 2023, also included disclosure of a financial accomplishment achieved during the fourth quarter of 2022, indicating that the Company's outstanding net debt has been reduced by 83% at the end of fourth quarter of 2022 since the end of the fourth quarter of 2019. The Company also announced that the Company's board has approved capital expenditures of $28 million for 2023-2026, including $9.5 million in 2023, to advance the Company's sustainability goals by mitigating methane emissions from the Company's mines. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information set forth in this Item 7.01 and the attached Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1      Press release of CONSOL Energy Inc. dated January 23, 2023

Exhibit 104     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
                document)

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