---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-012800"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TPB"
cik: "0001290677"
company_name: "Turning Point Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:51:38.682661+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TPB appoints Andrew Flynn as CFO; Louie Reformina steps down effective March 8

## Summary
- Reformina steps down as CFO effective March 8, 2024 to pursue other opportunities; no dispute with company.
- Andrew Flynn appointed CFO, expected start April 1, 2024; formerly CFO at Connected Cannabis Co. and Sr. VP at Juul Labs.
- Flynn employment agreement: $400k base salary, 50% target bonus, severance of 12-24 months' salary plus bonus.
- Reformina eligible for severance: 12 months base salary, average bonus for prior 24 months, and vesting of next tranche of time-based units in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-012800
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TPB
- cik: 0001290677
- company_name: Turning Point Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036124012800/0001140361-24-012800-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036124012800/ef20023900_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-012800.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Louie Reformina departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Turning Point Brands, Inc..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Louie Reformina, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, would be stepping down from his position in order to pursue other opportunities, effective as of March 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036124012800/0001140361-24-012800-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Flynn was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Turning Point Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has appointed Andrew Flynn to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with an anticipated start date of April 1, 2024, to take Mr. Reformina’s position.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036124012800/0001140361-24-012800-index.htm

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