{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-25-324822","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CARS","cik":"0001683606","company_name":"Cars.com Inc.","filed_at":"2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:40.141999+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T12:45:38.401053+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Cars.com CEO Alex Vetter to step down Jan 15, 2026; Tobi Hartmann appointed as successor","bullets":["Alex Vetter, CEO and director, to depart Jan 15, 2026; will stay as Special Advisor through Mar 31, 2026, then receive severance.","Tobias Hartmann, former CEO of Scout24 SE, appointed CEO-Designate effective Dec 22, 2025, to become CEO by Jan 15, 2026.","Hartmann's compensation: $750,000 base salary, 110% target bonus, $3M RSUs (3-year vest), $2M PRSUs (stock price goals).","Board adopted 2025 Inducement Equity Plan reserving 1,000,000 shares for new-hire awards.","Hartmann to be appointed to the Board and nominated as director at 2026 annual meeting."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-324822","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-324822.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-324822.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-324822.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312525324822/0001193125-25-324822-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312525324822/cars-20251212.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T12:45:38.401053+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}