---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-100749"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MED"
cik: "0000910329"
company_name: "MEDIFAST INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:12:07.354909+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Medifast CAO Stephen K. Johnson departs; CFO Maloney assumes interim role

## Summary
- Stephen K. Johnson resigned as Chief Accounting Officer effective August 5, 2021.
- Departure was not due to disagreements or issues with financial statements.
- CFO James P. Maloney will serve as interim principal accounting officer.
- Company has initiated a search for a permanent replacement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-100749
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MED
- cik: 0000910329
- company_name: MEDIFAST INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000110465921100749/0001104659-21-100749-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000110465921100749/tm2124276d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-100749
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-100749.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-100749.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James P. Maloney was appointed as interim principal accounting officer at MEDIFAST INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim principal accounting officer
  source text: James P. Maloney, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will serve as interim principal accounting officer as of the effective date of Mr. Johnson’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000110465921100749/0001104659-21-100749-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen K. Johnson resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at MEDIFAST INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 5, 2021, Medifast, Inc. (the “Company”) and Stephen K. Johnson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, agreed that Mr. Johnson will depart from his position as Chief Accounting Officer and all other positions that he holds as an officer or employee of the Company, effective August 5, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000110465921100749/0001104659-21-100749-index.htm

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