---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000821483-22-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PARR"
cik: "0000821483"
company_name: "PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T23:17:22.449388+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Par Pacific appoints Jim Yates as EVP Retail, replacing James Vaughn

## Summary
- James Vaughn resigned as EVP Retail effective August 12, 2022; successor named.
- Jim Yates, age 62, appointed EVP Retail effective August 15, 2022.
- Yates previously SVP since 2015; former CEO of Mid Pac Petroleum (acquired 2015).
- Base salary $400K; target bonus 75% of base; eligible for annual stock awards.
- Yates also eligible for general employee and 401(k) benefit plans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000821483-22-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PARR
- cik: 0000821483
- company_name: PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821483/000082148322000066/0000821483-22-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821483/000082148322000066/parr-20220812.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000821483-22-000066
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000821483-22-000066.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000821483-22-000066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Matthew Vaughn resigned as Executive Vice President, Retail at PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Retail
  source text: James Matthew Vaughn resigned as Executive Vice President, Retail of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Par Pacific”) effective August 12, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821483/000082148322000066/0000821483-22-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Yates was appointed as Executive Vice President, Retail at PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Retail
  source text: Effective August 15, 2022, Jim Yates was appointed Executive Vice President, Retail of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821483/000082148322000066/0000821483-22-000066-index.htm

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