---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779152-22-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JKHY"
cik: "0000779152"
company_name: "JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:03:47.327273+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack Henry names COO Greg Adelson as President; Foss remains CEO

## Summary
- Greg Adelson appointed President effective Jan 25, 2022, while continuing as COO.
- David Foss relinquished President title but remains Board Chair and CEO.
- Adelson's base salary increased to $501,407; cash incentive target set at 100% of base.
- Adelson joined Jack Henry in 2011, became COO in 2019, oversees Core, Digital, Lending, Payments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779152-22-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JKHY
- cik: 0000779152
- company_name: JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-25T23:59:59+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/779152/000077915222000009/0000779152-22-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915222000009/jkhy-20220121.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-22-000009
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-22-000009.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-22-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David B. Foss changed role as Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: relinquished title as President
  - Role: Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: David B. Foss, the Company’s Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, relinquished his title as President effective January 25, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915222000009/0000779152-22-000009-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gregory R. Adelson was appointed as President at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: appointed Gregory R. Adelson as President of the Company, effective January 25, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915222000009/0000779152-22-000009-index.htm

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