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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-111408"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ACH"
cik: "0000075252"
company_name: "ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/"
filed_at: "2026-09-28T21:06:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:38:03.900637+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accendra Health names Kenneth Gardner-Smith CEO on October 5, 2026; Pesicka to advise up to 30 months

## Summary
- Kenneth Gardner-Smith was named President and CEO, with a mutually agreed start date of October 5, 2026; Edward A. Pesicka remains CEO until then.
- Pesicka will retire from the Board on October 5, 2026 and entered a September 28, 2026 consulting agreement to serve as an advisor for up to thirty months.
- The consulting term ends on the earlier of March 31, 2029, Pesicka's death or disability, or an uncured material breach 30 days after notice.
- Pesicka's outstanding equity awards remain outstanding and continue to vest during the consulting term; he will receive the COBRA Benefit for up to 18 months.
- The agreement includes a release of claims and keeps non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality covenants from his March 9, 2026 Leadership Teammate Agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-111408
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ACH
- cik: 0000075252
- company_name: ACCENDRA HEALTH INC/VA/
- filed_at: 2026-09-28T21:06:57+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000110465926111408/0001104659-26-111408-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75252/000110465926111408/ach-20260916x8ka.htm

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