secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LEAR CORP (LEA)
CIK:        0000842162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-19T20:31:55+00:00
Accession:  0000842162-26-000084
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Lear CFO Jason Cardew to retire; Jared Fedele named CFO effective March 1, 2027
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- Jason Cardew, CFO and 34-year Lear veteran, will step down as CFO on Feb 28, 2027, and retire from the company on Dec 31, 2027.
- Jared Fedele, 45, currently VP of Finance for Global Seating and E-Systems, will become SVP and CFO on March 1, 2027.
- Fedele's annual base salary will be $750,000; he has held finance leadership roles including VP FP&A (2023-2025) and Asia Pacific CFO (2018-2023).
- Cardew will serve as Executive Advisor through Dec 31, 2027 at $22,000 per month and will not receive cash severance if terminated during that term.
- CEO Ray Scott said Fedele led Lear's response to tariffs and profitability-improvement initiatives; Lear announced the succession on Oct 19, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216226000084/0000842162-26-000084-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216226000084/lear-20261013.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-26-000084

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