---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779152-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JKHY"
cik: "0000779152"
company_name: "JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-04T13:04:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T13:06:24.870548+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack Henry Board Chair David Foss to retire July 15; Matt Flanigan to succeed

## Summary
- David Foss notified board of retirement effective July 15, 2026; no disagreement cited.
- Matt Flanigan, current Vice Chair and Lead Independent Director, will become Board Chair.
- Foss served as CEO from 2016 to 2024 and Board Chair since 2021; joined Jack Henry in 1999.
- Flanigan joined board in 2007, served as Lead Director since 2012; former Leggett & Platt CFO.
- CEO Greg Adelson stated succession plan was prepared; Flanigan brings banking and financial expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779152-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JKHY
- cik: 0000779152
- company_name: JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T13:04:38+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915226000036/0000779152-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915226000036/jkhy-20260529.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-26-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-26-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-26-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David B. Foss departed as Chair of the Board at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On May 29, 2026, David B. Foss, Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board of his intent to retire from his role as a director of the Company effective July 15, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915226000036/0000779152-26-000036-index.htm

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