secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (PXED)
CIK:        0001600222
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-09T20:13:28+00:00
Accession:  0000950142-26-002721
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.42
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Phoenix Education CFO Blair Westblom to exit Oct 10; Michael Cochran named interim CFO
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- CFO and Treasurer Blair Westblom will separate effective October 10, 2026, after the company's first full year as a public company post-IPO; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Michael Cochran, age 39, appointed interim CFO effective October 10, 2026; he has been SVP of Corporate Development since April 2026 and spent nearly five years at Morgan Stanley.
- Separation Agreement provides Westblom $1,137,204 aggregate cash severance, her FY2026 cash bonus, accelerated equity vesting, and an 18-month post-separation option exercise period.
- No compensation decisions have been made for Cochran; any material changes will be reported in a future Form 8-K.
- The October 9, 2026 Separation Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the company's Form 10-K for fiscal year ending August 31, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600222/000095014226002721/0000950142-26-002721-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600222/000095014226002721/eh260840864_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-26-002721

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