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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-270441"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001592058"
company_name: "Party City Holdco Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T22:25:31.525380+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Party City CEO Brad Weston resigns; Sean Thompson named President and Interim CEO

## Summary
- Brad Weston resigned as CEO and board member effective Nov 3, 2023; not due to dispute.
- Sean Thompson appointed President, Interim CEO, and to the Board; previously President and CCO.
- Weston receives $800,000 lump sum by Dec 31, 2023 under separation agreement including release and non-solicitation.
- Thompson has leadership experience from Party City, 7-Eleven, and Target.
- No familial relationships or material transactions between Thompson and the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-270441
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001592058
- company_name: Party City Holdco Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592058/000119312523270441/0001193125-23-270441-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592058/000119312523270441/d447273d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-270441.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brad Weston resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Party City Holdco Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective November 3, 2023, Mr. Brad Weston resigned from his role as member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Party City Holdco Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592058/000119312523270441/0001193125-23-270441-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sean Thompson was appointed as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer at Party City Holdco Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Further, effective on November 3, 2023, Mr. Sean Thompson, age 49, will assume the role of President and Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592058/000119312523270441/0001193125-23-270441-index.htm

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