{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-26-114073","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WD","cik":"0001497770","company_name":"Walker & Dunlop, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-06T20:30:57+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-06T20:32:00.241955+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:14:00.587356+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Walker & Dunlop COO Stephen P. Theobald to retire March 31, 2027; duties split among other employees","bullets":["Stephen P. Theobald, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, notified Walker & Dunlop on September 30, 2026 that he will retire effective March 31, 2027.","No successor was named; Theobald's COO duties and responsibilities will be divided among other employees of the Company.","Theobald will continue as EVP and COO until his retirement date and confirmed his decision is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies or practices."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114073","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114073.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114073.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114073.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465926114073/0001104659-26-114073-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465926114073/tm2627044d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:14:00.587356+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":"5c410be4a1","claim":"Stephen P. Theobald departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Walker & Dunlop, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On September 30, 2026, Stephen P. Theobald, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer notified Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (the “Company”), that he will retire from the Company, effective March 31, 2027, on which date he will cease to serve as an officer and employee of the Company.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465926114073/0001104659-26-114073-index.htm","confidence":0.97,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}