---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-057487"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHCO"
cik: "0001725255"
company_name: "AdaptHealth Corp."
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T09:32:26.761876+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AdaptHealth CEO Stephen Griggs to step down June 30, 2023; search underway

## Summary
- CEO Stephen Griggs resigns by mutual agreement, effective June 30, 2023.
- Board initiated search for successor; Chairman Richard Barasch to serve as interim CEO if needed.
- Griggs will not stand for re-election to Board at annual meeting in June 2023.
- Transition agreement provides Griggs with severance benefits including vesting of equity awards.
- Company affirms sound financial condition; Q1 2023 earnings reported separately.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-057487
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHCO
- cik: 0001725255
- company_name: AdaptHealth Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+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/1725255/000110465923057487/0001104659-23-057487-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465923057487/tm2315007d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-057487
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-057487.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-057487.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen P. Griggs departed as Director at AdaptHealth Corp..
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: It is further agreed that Mr. Griggs will not stand for reelection as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s annual meeting currently scheduled for June 21, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465923057487/0001104659-23-057487-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen P. Griggs departed as Chief Executive Officer at AdaptHealth Corp..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 8 , 2023, AdaptHealth Corp. (the “Company”) and Stephen P. Griggs, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, mutually agreed that Mr. Griggs will resign as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of 11:59 p.m. E.D.T. on June 30, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465923057487/0001104659-23-057487-index.htm

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