---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-23-001014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PBI"
cik: "0000078814"
company_name: "PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T06:41:43.213349+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pitney Bowes CEO Marc Lautenbach steps down; Jason Dies named interim CEO

## Summary
- Marc Lautenbach stepped down as President, CEO, and Board member effective Oct 2, 2023.
- Jason Dies appointed Interim CEO; previously EVP & Group President leading SendTech, Presort, and functional groups.
- Board formed Long-Term Planning Committee (co-chairs Guilfoile, Wolf; members May, Stamps) to lead CEO search and value initiatives.
- Separation not related to any business, financial, or control matters; severance per company plan and retirement benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-23-001014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PBI
- cik: 0000078814
- company_name: PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78814/000095015723001014/0000950157-23-001014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78814/000095015723001014/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-001014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-001014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-001014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marc Lautenbach departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Marc Lautenbach will step down from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78814/000095015723001014/0000950157-23-001014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason C. Dies was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Jason C. Dies, Executive Vice President and Group Executive of the Company, to the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective October 2, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78814/000095015723001014/0000950157-23-001014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.