---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-055738"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BV"
cik: "0001734713"
company_name: "BrightView Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T22:30:04.144103+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BrightView CEO Andrew Masterman resigns; Jim Abrahamson named interim CEO

## Summary
- Masterman steps down as President & CEO and from board, effective May 31, 2023; will advise for one month.
- Director since 2015 Jim Abrahamson appointed interim CEO; receives $100k/mo salary and $1.2M RSU grant.
- Masterman gets 12 months base salary ($950k), full FY bonus, 18 months COBRA, $7.5k outplacement, 223,739 RSUs vesting Nov 2023.
- Board starts permanent CEO search with executive search firm; Abrahamson will serve until successor is hired.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-055738
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BV
- cik: 0001734713
- company_name: BrightView Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734713/000110465923055738/0001104659-23-055738-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734713/000110465923055738/tm2314364d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-055738
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-055738.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-055738.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew V. Masterman resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at BrightView Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and Andrew V. Masterman had mutually agreed that Mr. Masterman would resign from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and resign as a member of the Board, effective as of the close of business on May 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734713/000110465923055738/0001104659-23-055738-index.htm
- Executive change
  James R. Abrahamson was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at BrightView Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board appointed James R. Abrahamson, an independent member of the Board, to serve as interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of June 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734713/000110465923055738/0001104659-23-055738-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.