secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC (HCSG)
CIK:        0000731012
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000731012-21-000071
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Healthcare Services Group settles SEC EPS probe for $6M; CFO Shea shifts to CAO role
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- Agreed to pay $6.0M civil penalty to SEC for EPS calculation errors from 2014-2017; neither admitted nor denied charges.
- John Shea, CFO since 2012, becomes Chief Administrative Officer effective Sept 1, 2021.
- Andrew Brophy, formerly Acting Principal Accounting Officer, continues as Principal Accounting Officer; no new CFO named.
- Company states it cooperated with SEC and is 'pleased to put this matter behind us.'

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731012/000073101221000071/0000731012-21-000071-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731012/000073101221000071/hcsg-20210824.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731012-21-000071

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