---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912593-26-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUI"
cik: "0000912593"
company_name: "SUN COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:46:13.623126+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sun Communities appoints Fernando Castro-Caratini as interim CFO; Mark Patten departs with $3M separation

## Summary
- Mark E. Patten departed as CFO on Feb 4, 2026; mutual decision, no disagreement with financial policies.
- Fernando Castro-Caratini, previously CFO for ~4 years, appointed interim CFO effective Feb 4, 2026.
- Castro-Caratini receives $45,833/month salary, up to $1.1M 2026 bonus, and $1M tenure bonus if serving through Feb 2027.
- Company has initiated a comprehensive search for a permanent CFO.
- Patten receives $3M separation payment; his departure is not due to any accounting or financial reporting disagreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912593-26-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUI
- cik: 0000912593
- company_name: SUN COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000060/0000912593-26-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000060/sui-20260204.htm

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