secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cars.com Inc. (CARS)
CIK:        0001683606
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-30T20:05:16+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-409040
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Cars.com names Trent Ziegler CFO as Sonia Jain transitions out effective November 6, 2026
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- Sonia Jain will cease as CFO on November 6, 2026, continue as Executive Advisor through March 31, 2027, and receive $250,000 during the transition.
- Trent Ziegler was appointed CFO-Designate effective October 19, 2026, and becomes CFO on November 6, 2026, reporting to CEO Tobias Hartmann.
- Ziegler's package includes a $475,000 base salary, an 80% bonus target, a $3.5 million target RSU grant, and a $275,000 signing bonus.
- Ziegler previously served as CFO of FairSquare and held CFO and investor relations roles at LendingTree; Cars.com announced the changes on September 30, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312526409040/0001193125-26-409040-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312526409040/cars-20260924.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-409040

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