{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000912593-25-000284","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SUI","cik":"0000912593","company_name":"SUN COMMUNITIES INC","filed_at":"2025-12-16T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:42.578306+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T13:08:57.668429+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Sun Communities appoints Mark E. Patten as CFO, effective Jan 5, 2026; Castro-Caratini to advise","bullets":["Mark E. Patten appointed CFO, EVP, Secretary and Treasurer, starting Jan 5, 2026.","Patten receives $600k base salary, $3.5M retention equity (4-yr vest), and $2.3M cash bonus.","Outgoing CFO Castro-Caratini will serve as Senior Adviser through June 30, 2026 at $45,833/mo; 50,200 restricted shares vest.","Former CEO Gary Shiffman transition agreement provides $75k/mo through Mar 31, 2026; all 118,000 unvested shares vest Jan 2, 2026.","Patten previously CFO of Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), CTO Realty Growth, and Alpine Income Property Trust."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-25-000284","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-25-000284.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-25-000284.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-25-000284.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259325000284/0000912593-25-000284-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259325000284/sui-20251211.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T13:08:57.668429+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":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}