---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-010183"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCW"
cik: "0001853513"
company_name: "Mister Car Wash, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T07:19:45.073034+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mister Car Wash GC Markus Hartmann to depart; severance and equity terms set

## Summary
- Markus Hartmann ceased as General Counsel on Jan 6, 2025; employment ends Feb 6, 2025.
- Severance: $30,000/month for 13 months (Feb 2025 – Mar 2026) plus COBRA premium add-on.
- Unvested 2025 RSUs and options fully vest on Feb 6, 2025; all later tranches forfeited.
- Options exercise period extended 12 months post-separation; eligible for 2024 cash bonus.
- Agreement includes non-disparagement, confidentiality, and release of claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-010183
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCW
- cik: 0001853513
- company_name: Mister Car Wash, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853513/000095017025010183/0000950170-25-010183-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853513/000095017025010183/mcw-20250124.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-010183.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Markus Hartmann departed as General Counsel at Mister Car Wash, Inc..
  - Action: ceased to serve
  - Role: General Counsel
  source text: As previously disclosed, on January 6, 2025 (the “Transition Date”), Mister Car Wash, Inc. (the “Company”) initiated an employment transition for Markus Hartmann, pursuant to which he ceased to serve as General Counsel of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853513/000095017025010183/0000950170-25-010183-index.htm

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