---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326732-23-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XNCR"
cik: "0001326732"
company_name: "Xencor Inc"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T08:10:32.601696+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xencor CFO John Kuch to retire in March 2024 after 23 years

## Summary
- John Kuch, SVP and CFO, notified Xencor of retirement effective March 31, 2024.
- He will support the search for a new CFO and enter a consulting agreement post-transition.
- Kuch joined Xencor in 2000 as finance director and played key role in IPO and financings.
- CEO Bassil Dahiyat thanked Kuch for over two decades of leadership and critical contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326732-23-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XNCR
- cik: 0001326732
- company_name: Xencor Inc
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326732/000132673223000030/0001326732-23-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326732/000132673223000030/xncr-20231024.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326732-23-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326732-23-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326732-23-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Kuch departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Xencor Inc.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 24, 2023, John Kuch, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, notified Xencor, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from the Company effective March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326732/000132673223000030/0001326732-23-000030-index.htm

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