{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000849399-26-000079","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GEN","cik":"0000849399","company_name":"Gen Digital Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-09T20:05:19+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-09T20:06:00.303764+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:12:15.785103+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Gen Digital appoints Blackhawk Network CEO Talbott Roche to board, effective Oct 6","bullets":["Board appointed Talbott Roche as an independent director effective October 6, 2026; committee assignments have not yet been determined.","Roche has been CEO of Blackhawk Network Holdings since 2016 and President since 2010, leading its 2018 take-private and expansion into B2B branded payments.","Roche sat on Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) board from 2016 until August 4, 2026; she holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford.","She receives a pro-rated annual cash retainer plus the full annual equity retainer under Gen's non-employee director program detailed in the July 28, 2026 proxy.","Roche will sign Gen's standard indemnification agreement covering directors to the fullest extent allowed under Delaware law; no related-party transactions disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000079","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000079.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000079.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000079.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000079/0000849399-26-000079-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000079/gen-20261006.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:12:15.785103+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"83c941f42f","claim":"Talbott Roche was appointed as Director at Gen Digital Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On October 6, 2026, the Board appointed Talbott Roche to serve as a member of the Board effective immediately.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000079/0000849399-26-000079-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}