---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-056560"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFM"
cik: "0001575515"
company_name: "Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T04:40:25.089695+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sprouts Farmers Market appoints Curtis Valentine as CFO effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Valentine promoted from SVP of Finance; succeeds retiring CFO Chip Molloy.
- Appointed CFO effective January 1, 2024; will be principal financial officer.
- Base salary $500k, short-term incentive target 75% of base, long-term equity valued at 100% of base.
- Over 8 years at Sprouts, previously financial roles at PetSmart.
- No reportable related party transactions or arrangement in appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-056560
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFM
- cik: 0001575515
- company_name: Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017023056560/0000950170-23-056560-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017023056560/sfm-20231031.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-056560.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence (Chip) Molloy departed as Chief Financial Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Valentine will succeed Lawrence (“Chip”) Molloy, who previously announced his intention to retire as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer on or about December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017023056560/0000950170-23-056560-index.htm
- Executive change
  Curtis Valentine was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 31, 2023, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Curtis Valentine as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017023056560/0000950170-23-056560-index.htm

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