---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-000562"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKO"
cik: "0001823794"
company_name: "ARKO Corp."
filed_at: "2023-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T17:14:08.051357+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ARKO Corp. CFO Don Bassell to retire by end of 2023; successor search underway

## Summary
- CFO Don Bassell notified board of intent to retire; effective Q4 2023 after successor appointed.
- Bassell to remain CFO until successor in place, then stay until April 2024 for transition.
- Company to promptly commence search considering both internal and external candidates.
- CEO Kotler cited Bassell's 16-year tenure, role in over 20 acquisitions, and building finance team.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-000562
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKO
- cik: 0001823794
- company_name: ARKO Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023000562/0000950170-23-000562-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023000562/arko-20230106.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000562
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000562.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald Bassell departed as Chief Financial Officer at ARKO Corp..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 6, 2023, Donald Bassell, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) of ARKO Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company’s Board of Directors of his intention to retire from such position.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023000562/0000950170-23-000562-index.htm

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