---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001490281-23-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRPN"
cik: "0001490281"
company_name: "Groupon, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T07:48:24.070175+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Groupon appoints Dusan Senkypl as interim CEO; ex-CEO Deshpande steps down

## Summary
- Dusan Senkypl named interim CEO effective March 30, 2023, replacing Kedar Deshpande; Deshpande will advise for 60 days.
- Senkypl receives 3.5M nonqualified stock options at $6.00 exercise price and ~$19,000 annual base salary.
- Standstill agreement with Pale Fire Capital limits ownership to <25% with exceptions; prohibits proxy solicitation and stockholder proposals.
- Groupon has 14M active local customers and millions of visitor sessions; transformation plan targets operational excellence.
- Senkypl remains on Board; CEO role is interim for one year or until permanent successor appointed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001490281-23-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRPN
- cik: 0001490281
- company_name: Groupon, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000149028123000028/0001490281-23-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000149028123000028/grpn-20230330.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001490281-23-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001490281-23-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001490281-23-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kedar Deshpande departed as Chief Executive Officer at Groupon, Inc..
  - Action: no longer serving
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Senkypl will replace Kedar Deshpande, who is no longer serving as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or a member of the Board as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000149028123000028/0001490281-23-000028-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dusan Senkypl was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Groupon, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Company announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Dusan Senkypl as Interim Chief Executive Officer (“Interim CEO”) of the Company, effective on March 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000149028123000028/0001490281-23-000028-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Groupon, Inc. entered into Standstill Agreement with Pale Fire Capital SE, Pale Fire Capital SICAV a.s., Dusan Senkypl and Jan Barta (effective 2023-03-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Pale Fire Capital SE, Pale Fire Capital SICAV a.s., Dusan Senkypl and Jan Barta
  - Effective: 2023-03-30
  source text: On March 30, 2023, Groupon, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement (the “Standstill Agreement”) with Pale Fire Capital SE, Pale Fire Capital SICAV a.s., Dusan Senkypl and Jan Barta, (collectively the “Pale Fire Parties”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000149028123000028/0001490281-23-000028-index.htm

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