{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-053182","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BWMN","cik":"0001847590","company_name":"Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.","filed_at":"2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:36.522414+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T02:31:43.228095+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":"Bowman Consulting founder/CEO Gary Bowman to retire later 2026; board initiates successor search","bullets":["Gary Bowman, founder & CEO, plans to retire and resign as director later in 2026; will serve as senior advisor post-transition.","Board has started formal search including internal and external candidates; Bowman to remain CEO until successor appointed.","CFO Bruce Labovitz gets amended employment agreement with $2M special bonus payable April 1, 2027, subject to continued employment.","COO Dan Swayze gets one-year extension to Dec 2028 and retention awards: 5,719 time-based RSUs and 5,719 performance-based RSUs.","Retirement decision not due to disagreement; company highlights growth since IPO (more than tripled size, 35+ acquisitions)."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-053182","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-053182.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-053182.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-053182.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000119312526053182/0001193125-26-053182-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000119312526053182/d805620d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T02:31:43.228095+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"}