---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:12:15.785103+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gen Digital appoints Blackhawk Network CEO Talbott Roche to board, effective Oct 6

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- 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

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Talbott Roche was appointed as Director at Gen Digital Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 6, 2026, the Board appointed Talbott Roche to serve as a member of the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000079/0000849399-26-000079-index.htm

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