secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SUN COMMUNITIES INC (SUI)
CIK:        0000912593
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-25T20:19:26+00:00
Accession:  0000912593-26-000240
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sun Communities appoints Robert Garechana as CFO, effective Sept 8, 2026
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- Garechana (age 47) joins from Equity Residential, where he was EVP & CIO since 2025 and CFO from 2018-2025.
- New CFO will receive $625K base salary, target cash bonus of 150% of base, and $2.5M restricted stock grant.
- Incumbent CFO Fernando Castro-Caratini transitions to advisory role through Oct 31, 2026, with severance per employment agreement.
- Five-year employment agreement with automatic 1-year renewals; non-compete up to 18 months and change-in-control benefits at 2x salary+bonus.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000240/0000912593-26-000240-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000240/sui-20260824.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-26-000240

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