---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-078414"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T10:21:20.005879+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings VP & GM Patrick Bannon to retire Dec 31, 2023 after 30+ years

## Summary
- Patrick S. Bannon, VP and General Manager and named executive officer, announced retirement effective December 31, 2023.
- Bannon served over 30 years at RBC Bearings; no replacement has been named yet.
- Retirement is described as planned; the company expressed gratitude for his contributions.
- No changes to financial guidance or operations were disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-078414
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023078414/0001213900-23-078414-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023078414/ea185610-8k_rbcbear.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-078414
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-078414.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-078414.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patick S. Bannon departed as Vice President and General Manager at RBC Bearings INC.
  - Action: announced retirement
  - Role: Vice President and General Manager
  source text: On September 18, 2023, Patick S. Bannon, Vice President and General Manager of RBC Bearings Incorporated and one of its named executive officers for SEC purposes, announced his intent to retire from RBC effective December 31, 2023, ending over 30 years of service with RBC.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023078414/0001213900-23-078414-index.htm

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