---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000750686-23-000293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAC"
cik: "0000750686"
company_name: "CAMDEN NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T13:12:05.412150+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chief Credit Officer Timothy Nightingale retires; Ryan Smith succeeds as CCO

## Summary
- Timothy Nightingale, age 66, retired as Chief Credit Officer Dec 12, 2023 for personal health reasons after 23 years at Camden National.
- Ryan Smith, EVP of Commercial Banking, assumed Chief Credit Officer role effective Dec 12, 2023.
- Under separation agreement: Nightingale receives accelerated vesting of equity awards; 7,912 shares and $41,500 cash.
- Smith joined Camden National in 2012, led commercial banking and credit administration before promotion.
- Simon Griffiths, incoming president/CEO on Jan 1, 2024, praised Smith's readiness for the role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000750686-23-000293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAC
- cik: 0000750686
- company_name: CAMDEN NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750686/000075068623000293/0000750686-23-000293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750686/000075068623000293/cac-20231212.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Smith was appointed as Chief Credit Officer at CAMDEN NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: Chief Credit Officer
  source text: Ryan Smith, Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking, assumed the responsibilities of Chief Credit Officer, effective as of the Separation Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750686/000075068623000293/0000750686-23-000293-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy P. Nightingale retired as Chief Credit Officer at CAMDEN NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Credit Officer
  source text: Timothy P. Nightingale, a named executive officer of Camden National Corporation (the “Company”), ceased serving as Chief Credit Officer on December 12, 2023 and his employment ended on December 12, 2023 (the “Separation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750686/000075068623000293/0000750686-23-000293-index.htm

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