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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-202879"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000039899"
company_name: "TEGNA INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T09:49:34.677492+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TEGNA CFO Victoria Harker to retire; Julie Heskett named successor effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Victoria Harker resigns as EVP & CFO effective Dec 31, 2023; consulting role until Mar 31, 2024.
- Julie Heskett, SVP Financial Planning, appointed SVP & CFO effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Harker receives $1M retention bonus if she stays through transition period and provides satisfactory services.
- Harker's retirement on Mar 31, 2024 treated as qualifying termination under Executive Severance Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-202879
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000039899
- company_name: TEGNA INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000119312523202879/0001193125-23-202879-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000119312523202879/d473108d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-202879
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-202879.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-202879.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie Heskett was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Julie Heskett, age 50, Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Business Operations, to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000119312523202879/0001193125-23-202879-index.htm
- Executive change
  Victoria D. Harker resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Pursuant to the Transition Agreement, Ms. Harker will resign from her current position effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000119312523202879/0001193125-23-202879-index.htm

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