---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001279569-23-000724"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000884713"
company_name: "Primo Water Corp /CN/"
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:01:07.712043+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Primo Water CEO Tom Harrington to retire by end of 2023; successor search underway

## Summary
- CEO Tom Harrington informed the Board he intends to retire with a target effective date of December 31, 2023.
- Harrington will continue to serve as CEO and on the Board until a successor is appointed.
- Board has initiated a search for the next CEO, evaluating both internal and external candidates.
- Harrington has been CEO since January 2019; company cites his role in transforming Primo Water into a pure-play water company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001279569-23-000724
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000884713
- company_name: Primo Water Corp /CN/
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884713/000127956923000724/0001279569-23-000724-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884713/000127956923000724/primo8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001279569-23-000724
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001279569-23-000724.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001279569-23-000724.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas J. Harrington departed as Chief Executive Officer at Primo Water Corp /CN/.
  - Action: intends to retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 31, 2023, Primo Water Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Thomas J. Harrington, Chief Executive Officer of the Company (“CEO”), informed the Board that he intends to retire as the Company’s CEO, with a target effective date of December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884713/000127956923000724/0001279569-23-000724-index.htm

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