---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-002302"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PNNT"
cik: "0001383414"
company_name: "PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T11:42:09.746995+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PennantPark Investment appoints Gerald Cummins as CCO replacing Frank Galea

## Summary
- Frank Galea resigned as Chief Compliance Officer effective April 15, 2025; no disagreements with the company.
- Board appointed Gerald Cummins as new CCO, effective the same date.
- Cummins, age 70, has been an ACA Group employee since 2022 and previously directed Alaric Compliance Services.
- He holds a B.A. from Fordham University and has no family relationship with officers or trustees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-002302
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PNNT
- cik: 0001383414
- company_name: PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-17T23:59:59+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/1383414/000117184325002302/0001171843-25-002302-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383414/000117184325002302/f8k_041525.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-002302.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank Galea resigned as Chief Compliance Officer at PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: Effective April 15, 2025, Frank Galea resigned as Chief Compliance Officer of PennantPark Investment Corporation (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383414/000117184325002302/0001171843-25-002302-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gerald Cummins was appointed as Chief Compliance Officer at PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: Effective April 15, 2025, the board of directors of the Company appointed Gerald Cummins to replace Mr. Galea as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383414/000117184325002302/0001171843-25-002302-index.htm

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