{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001071739-26-000165","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CNC","cik":"0001071739","company_name":"CENTENE CORP","filed_at":"2026-08-17T10:05:42+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-08-17T10:10:01.646122+00:00","generated_at":"2026-08-17T10:10:09.470344+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"Centene CFO Drew Asher to retire; Chris Neczypor named successor effective Jan 1, 2027","bullets":["Asher steps down as CFO Dec 31, 2026, stays as Strategic Advisor through 2027.","Neczypor, ex-Lincoln Financial CFO, joins Sept 2026 as EVP, becomes CFO Jan 1, 2027.","Neczypor gets $1.1M base salary, 150% target bonus, $10M make-whole RSUs, $2M sign-on.","Company reaffirms FY2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of greater than $4.80.","Asher led Centene from ~$126B revenue (2021) to ~$195B (2025)."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000165","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000165.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000165.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000165.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000165/0001071739-26-000165-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000165/cnc-20260812.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-08-17T10:10:09.470344+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}