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David Spreng, Chairman, President & CEO, is taking temporary medical leave effective July 31, 2023.","Greg Greifeld appointed Acting CEO; Thomas Raterman appointed Acting President, both effective immediately.","Julie Persily appointed Acting Chairperson of the Board and Lead Independent Director.","Succession plan approved by Compensation Committee on April 6, 2023; day-to-day operations to be uninterrupted.","Runway Growth will provide operational update on Q2 earnings call scheduled for August 8, 2023."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-085894","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-085894.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-085894.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-085894.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465923085894/0001104659-23-085894-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465923085894/tm2322464d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-12T22:07:33.358710+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":[{"claim_id":"31d28d0cfd","claim":"Thomas B. 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