---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-044928"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOA"
cik: "0001828937"
company_name: "Finance of America Companies Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:08:43.027197+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Patricia Cook to Retire; Board Commences Successor Search

## Summary
- Cook will remain CEO until successor is appointed; expects to stay on board through 2022 annual meeting.
- Board has started a search for a new CEO; Chairman Brian Libman noted process will be swift.
- Unvested RSUs (980,397) will fully accelerate upon retirement if conditions met.
- Earnout rights for up to 136,800 shares remain eligible following retirement.
- Under Cook, FOA grew to >5,000 employees, completed strategic acquisitions, and went public in April 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-044928
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOA
- cik: 0001828937
- company_name: Finance of America Companies Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828937/000119312522044928/0001193125-22-044928-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828937/000119312522044928/d322098d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-044928
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-044928.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-044928.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patricia L. Cook departed as Chief Executive Officer at Finance of America Companies Inc..
  - Action: intention to retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On February 16, 2022, Patricia L. Cook, Chief Executive Officer and director of Finance of America Companies Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of her intention to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective upon the appointment of her successor
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828937/000119312522044928/0001193125-22-044928-index.htm

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