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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-291674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001124804"
company_name: "Veradigm Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:25:44.120620+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Veradigm CEO and CFO resign amid financial investigation; interim leaders appointed

## Summary
- CEO Richard Poulton and CFO Leah Jones resigned at Board request due to ongoing audit committee investigation into financial reporting and internal controls.
- Board appoints P. Gregory Garrison as Executive Chairman, Dr. Shih-Yin Ho as interim CEO, and Lee Westerfield as interim CFO, effective Dec 7, 2023.
- Potential impact of investigation on prior-period financials under review; FY2023 guidance under review by new leadership.
- Company reaffirms previously disclosed ~$20M revenue reduction estimate for 2020-2022 from certain revenue recognition practices.
- Bylaws amended to allow Board to appoint a Chairman who may not be independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-291674
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001124804
- company_name: Veradigm Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/0001193125-23-291674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/d626803d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-291674.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Shih-Yin Ho was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Veradigm Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed current director, Dr. Shih-Yin Ho, as Interim Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/0001193125-23-291674-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carol J. Zierhoffer was appointed as Lead Independent Director at Veradigm Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: Following Mr. Garrison’s appointment as Executive Chairman, Carol J. Zierhoffer was appointed as Lead Independent Director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/0001193125-23-291674-index.htm
- Executive change
  P. Gregory Garrison was appointed as Executive Chairman at Veradigm Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: the Board appointed current Chairman of the Board, P. Gregory Garrison, as Executive Chairman of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/0001193125-23-291674-index.htm
- Executive change
  Leland Westerfield was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Veradigm Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Leland Westerfield will serve the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer and will serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective December 7, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/0001193125-23-291674-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Veradigm Inc.: Amended bylaws to allow Board to appoint a Chairman who may or may not be an independent director (effective 2023-12-07).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-07
  source text: Effective December 7, 2023, in connection with, and immediately prior to, the effectiveness of the appointment of Mr. Garrison as Executive Chair, the Company amended the By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated on August 18, 2015, and as further amended on January 1, 2023 (the “Second Amendment”), to provide that the Board may appoint a Chairman who may or may not be an independent director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124804/000119312523291674/0001193125-23-291674-index.htm

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