---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-040386"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THRY"
cik: "0001556739"
company_name: "Thryv Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T03:30:34.938897+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Joe Walsh appointed Chairman of Thryv Board; Jason Mudrick resigns

## Summary
- Jason Mudrick resigned as board chair and director effective Nov 30, 2021; no disagreement with company.
- Joe Walsh, President and CEO, appointed Chairman effective Dec 3, 2021.
- John Slater, longest-serving director, named Lead Independent Director effective Dec 3.
- Mudrick intends to remain Thryv's largest shareholder for the foreseeable future.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-040386
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THRY
- cik: 0001556739
- company_name: Thryv Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1556739/000114036121040386/0001140361-21-040386-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1556739/000114036121040386/brhc10031526_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-040386
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-040386.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-040386.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joe Walsh was appointed as Chair of the Board at Thryv Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On December 3, 2021, the Board appointed director Joe Walsh as Chair of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1556739/000114036121040386/0001140361-21-040386-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Mudrick resigned as Chair of the Board at Thryv Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On November 30, 2021, Jason Mudrick resigned from his position as a member of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Thryv Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) , as Chair of the Board, and as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board effective immediately .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1556739/000114036121040386/0001140361-21-040386-index.htm

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