---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-294947"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGHT"
cik: "0001023731"
company_name: "8X8 INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T11:24:42.216016+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 8x8 terminates CEO David Sipes; appoints interim CEO and CFO; reaffirms guidance

## Summary
- CEO David Sipes terminated without cause effective Nov 30, 2022; CFO Samuel Wilson appointed interim CEO.
- Kevin Kraus, SVP Finance, appointed interim CFO; board to search for permanent CEO and CFO.
- CLO Matthew Zinn resigns effective Dec 9, 2022; Laurence Denny promoted to CLO and Corporate Secretary.
- Retention bonus of $350k awarded to Chief Product Officer Hunter Middleton.
- Company reaffirms fiscal Q3 and FY2023 guidance for service revenue, total revenue, and non-GAAP operating margin.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-294947
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGHT
- cik: 0001023731
- company_name: 8X8 INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/0001193125-22-294947-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/d411656d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-294947
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-294947.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-294947.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Zinn resigned as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Matthew Zinn tendered his resignation as Chief Legal Officer ("CLO") and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective as of December 9, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/0001193125-22-294947-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Kraus was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Kevin Kraus, the Company's Senior Vice President of Finance, as interim CFO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/0001193125-22-294947-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laurence Denny was appointed as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Laurence Denny, Chief Compliance Officer, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company, would be appointed as CLO and Corporate Secretary of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/0001193125-22-294947-index.htm
- Executive change
  Samuel Wilson was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Samuel Wilson, the current Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Company, as interim CEO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/0001193125-22-294947-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Sipes was terminated as Chief Executive Officer at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company has terminated its employment relationship with David Sipes, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000119312522294947/0001193125-22-294947-index.htm

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