---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001169561-23-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVLT"
cik: "0001169561"
company_name: "COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:32:50.174175+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Commvault CAO James Whalen resigns effective Aug 17, 2023; no disagreement

## Summary
- Chief Accounting Officer James Whalen tendered resignation on June 6, 2023, effective August 17, 2023.
- Resignation not associated with any disagreement regarding accounting principles, disclosures, internal controls, or operations.
- No successor named; company acknowledges Whalen's decade of service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001169561-23-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVLT
- cik: 0001169561
- company_name: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169561/000116956123000089/0001169561-23-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169561/000116956123000089/cvlt-20230606.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001169561-23-000089
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001169561-23-000089.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001169561-23-000089.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Whalen resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 6, 2023, Mr. James (“Jay”) Whalen tendered his resignation as Chief Accounting Officer of Commvault Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), to be effective August 17, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169561/000116956123000089/0001169561-23-000089-index.htm

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