---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000453"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLW"
cik: "0001441236"
company_name: "Clearwater Paper Corp"
filed_at: "2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T00:24:16.228120+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearwater Paper CFO Michael Murphy to depart at end of Q2 2023

## Summary
- CFO Michael Murphy will leave at the end of Q2 2023; currently SVP and CFO.
- Murphy will assist in CFO transition through his departure date.
- CEO Arsen Kitch thanked Murphy for his contributions; no successor named.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000453
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLW
- cik: 0001441236
- company_name: Clearwater Paper Corp
- filed_at: 2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441236/000115752323000453/0001157523-23-000453-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441236/000115752323000453/a53363333.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000453
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000453.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000453.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Murphy departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Clearwater Paper Corp.
  - Action: departure
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 16, 2023, the Board of Directors of Clearwater Paper Corporation (the “Company”) announced the departure of Michael J. Murphy, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441236/000115752323000453/0001157523-23-000453-index.htm

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