---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001406587-24-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOR"
cik: "0001406587"
company_name: "Forestar Group Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:01:14.617168+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forestar Group appoints two new independent directors, board expands to six

## Summary
- Director Rick Ringler, 77, resigned Oct 28, 2024; resignation not due to any disagreement.
- Kellie Fischer (53, CFO of Texas Rangers) and George Seagraves (66, retired D.R. Horton exec) appointed.
- Board now has six directors, five independent; Fischer and Seagraves join audit, compensation, and nominating committees.
- Each new director receives restricted stock units valued at $140,000, vesting equally over three years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001406587-24-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOR
- cik: 0001406587
- company_name: Forestar Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1406587/000140658724000098/0001406587-24-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1406587/000140658724000098/for-20241028.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001406587-24-000098.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  G.F. (Rick) Ringler, III resigned as Director at Forestar Group Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective October 28, 2024, G.F. (Rick) Ringler, III, age 77, Director of Forestar Group Inc. ( the “Company” ), resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors ( the “Board” ), including his positions as a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee and as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1406587/000140658724000098/0001406587-24-000098-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kellie L. Fischer was appointed as Director at Forestar Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective October 28, 2024, the Board appointed two new independent directors. The new directors are Ms. Kellie L. Fischer and Mr. George W. Seagraves, II.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1406587/000140658724000098/0001406587-24-000098-index.htm
- Executive change
  George W. Seagraves, II was appointed as Director at Forestar Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective October 28, 2024, the Board appointed two new independent directors. The new directors are Ms. Kellie L. Fischer and Mr. George W. Seagraves, II.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1406587/000140658724000098/0001406587-24-000098-index.htm

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