---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-306548"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PHM"
cik: "0000822416"
company_name: "PULTEGROUP INC/MI/"
filed_at: "2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:48:28.428404+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PulteGroup terminates Brandon Jones after ethics probe; CEO assumes duties

## Summary
- Brandon Jones, SVP Field Operations, terminated effective Dec 16, 2022, per Board investigation.
- Jones was scheduled to become EVP and COO on Jan 1, 2023.
- Violation of Company's Code of Ethical Business Conduct found.
- CEO Ryan Marshall to handle his responsibilities on interim basis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-306548
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PHM
- cik: 0000822416
- company_name: PULTEGROUP INC/MI/
- filed_at: 2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/822416/000119312522306548/0001193125-22-306548-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/822416/000119312522306548/d399152d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-306548
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-306548.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-306548.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brandon Jones was terminated as Senior Vice President – Field Operations at PULTEGROUP INC/MI/.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Senior Vice President – Field Operations
  source text: On December 16, 2022, the employment of Brandon Jones, Senior Vice President – Field Operations of PulteGroup, Inc. (the “Company”), who was scheduled to assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2023, was terminated, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/822416/000119312522306548/0001193125-22-306548-index.htm

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