---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000077360-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PNR"
cik: "0000077360"
company_name: "PENTAIR plc"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:28:02.259809+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pentair EVP & CEO of Pool resigns; role eliminated; Wiggins expands duties

## Summary
- Jerome O. Pedretti, EVP and CEO of Pool, resigns effective July 1, 2026; role eliminated.
- Pedretti receives severance per Pentair Executive Officer Severance Plan.
- De'Mon L. Wiggins appointed EVP & President, Flow, Water Solutions and Pool, effective April 28, 2026.
- Wiggins previously EVP & President, Flow and Water Solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000077360-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PNR
- cik: 0000077360
- company_name: PENTAIR plc
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77360/000007736026000024/0000077360-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77360/000007736026000024/pnr-20260424.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000077360-26-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000077360-26-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000077360-26-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  De'Mon L. Wiggins was appointed as Executive Vice President and President, Flow, Water Solutions and Pool at PENTAIR plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and President, Flow, Water Solutions and Pool
  source text: the Company also announced that it appointed De’Mon L. Wiggins, the current Executive Vice President and President, Flow and Water Solutions of the Company, as the Company’s Executive Vice President and President, Flow, Water Solutions and Pool, effective as of April 28, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77360/000007736026000024/0000077360-26-000024-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jerome O. Pedretti resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Pool at PENTAIR plc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Pool
  source text: Jerome O. Pedretti, the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Pool of Pentair plc (the “Company”), elected to resign from the Company effective as of July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77360/000007736026000024/0000077360-26-000024-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.