---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-092973"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACH"
cik: "0000075252"
company_name: "ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/"
filed_at: "2026-08-10T10:36:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T10:40:28.260457+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accendra Health CEO Ed Pesicka to retire by end of 2026; board starts successor search

## Summary
- CEO Edward A. Pesicka to retire by end of 2026; will also step down from board.
- Board has begun successor search; previously identified potential candidates.
- Pesicka may serve in advisory capacity post-retirement to ensure smooth transition.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with company operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-092973
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACH
- cik: 0000075252
- company_name: ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T10:36:35+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000110465926092973/0001104659-26-092973-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000110465926092973/tm2622667d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092973
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092973.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092973.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward A. Pesicka departed as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
  source text: On August 10, 2026, Accendra Health, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Edward A. Pesicka, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of the Company, notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company of his intention to retire and step down from the Board by the end of 2026, or such earlier time as a successor is appointed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000110465926092973/0001104659-26-092973-index.htm

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