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Issuer:     PRICESMART INC (PSMT)
CIK:        0001041803
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001041803-25-000033
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

PriceSmart appoints Gualberto Hernandez as CFO effective June 1; Michael McCleary to retire
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- Hernandez, 61, joins from Estée Lauder where he was VP Finance & Strategy for Latin America since 2016.
- Current CFO Michael McCleary resigned by mutual agreement, will serve as EVP through Sep 30, then consult up to 40 hrs/month for 3 months.
- Hernandez receives $720K base salary, $180K target bonus, $4.5M stock award (vesting $900K/yr), $150K sign-on bonus, and relocation.
- McCleary severance: $721K over 1 year, up to $180,250 cash incentive tied to FY2025, health coverage for 18 months, and continued vesting on 12,074 shares.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180325000033/0001041803-25-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180325000033/psmt-20250508.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-25-000033

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