---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-046235"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMPY"
cik: "0001533924"
company_name: "Amplify Energy Corp."
filed_at: "2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:21:20.164724+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amplify Energy appoints James Frew as CFO effective April 17, 2023

## Summary
- James Frew named Senior VP and CFO, starting April 17; base salary $364,000.
- Annual bonus target set at 70% of base salary; equity grant of 200% of base in RSUs/performance RSUs.
- Severance: 12 months salary if terminated without cause in first year; 200% after year one.
- Frew previously CFO of Riviera Resources, partner at Sentinel Petroleum, and VP at Linn Energy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-046235
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMPY
- cik: 0001533924
- company_name: Amplify Energy Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533924/000110465923046235/0001104659-23-046235-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533924/000110465923046235/tm239804d2_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-046235
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-046235.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-046235.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Frew was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Amplify Energy Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 13, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Amplify Energy Corp. (the “Company”) appointed James Frew, age 45, to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective April 17, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533924/000110465923046235/0001104659-23-046235-index.htm

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