---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-023974"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001589361"
company_name: "White River Energy Corp."
filed_at: "2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T11:02:46.684050+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# White River Energy appoints Randy May as CEO; Jay Puchir remains CFO; Executive Chairman role eliminated

## Summary
- Effective July 1, 2023, Randy May appointed CEO, resigned as Executive Chairman; remains Board Chairman (non-officer).
- Jay Puchir resigned as CEO but continues as CFO and manager of subsidiary WR Fund Manager.
- Board amended bylaws to eliminate the position and duties of Executive Chairman.
- Mr. May's biographical info and compensatory arrangements unchanged from prior SEC filings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-023974
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001589361
- company_name: White River Energy Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223023974/0001493152-23-023974-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223023974/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-023974
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-023974.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-023974.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Randy May was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at White River Energy Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective July 1, 2023, Randy May was appointed Chief Executive Officer and resigned from his role as Executive Chairman, and Jay Puchir resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer, of White River Energy Corp (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223023974/0001493152-23-023974-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jay Puchir resigned as Chief Executive Officer at White River Energy Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective July 1, 2023, Randy May was appointed Chief Executive Officer and resigned from his role as Executive Chairman, and Jay Puchir resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer, of White River Energy Corp (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223023974/0001493152-23-023974-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  White River Energy Corp.: Eliminated the position and duties of Executive Chairman (effective 2023-06-30).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-30
  source text: On June 30, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws to eliminate the position and duties of Executive Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223023974/0001493152-23-023974-index.htm

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