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Item 5.02 officer departure

The 8-K item for disclosing director/officer changes — appointments, resignations, terminations.

Definition

Item 5.02 covers the departure or appointment of directors, the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, principal operating officer, or any person performing similar functions. It also covers material amendments to compensatory arrangements.

Surprise CFO or CEO departures filed under Item 5.02 are watched carefully by short sellers and activist investors. Like 1.05, departures are sometimes buried under Item 8.01 — body-text scanning catches them.

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