---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-012631"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONIT"
cik: "0000873860"
company_name: "ONITY GROUP INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T04:18:05.160140+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ocwen appoints Claudia Merkle to board; director Phyllis Caldwell to leave at May 2024 meeting

## Summary
- Claudia J. Merkle, former CEO of NMI Holdings, appointed to Ocwen board effective April 1, 2024.
- Board size increased to eight; Merkle is independent under NYSE standards.
- Director Phyllis R. Caldwell will not stand for re-election at May 28, 2024 annual meeting.
- Caldwell served nine years, including seven as Chair; departure not due to disagreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-012631
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONIT
- cik: 0000873860
- company_name: ONITY GROUP INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873860/000149315224012631/0001493152-24-012631-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873860/000149315224012631/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-012631.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Claudia J. Merkle was appointed as director at ONITY GROUP INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: appointed Claudia J. Merkle to serve as a director, effective April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873860/000149315224012631/0001493152-24-012631-index.htm
- Executive change
  Phyllis R. Caldwell departed as director at ONITY GROUP INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: director
  source text: Phyllis R. Caldwell, a director of the Company, has notified the Board that she has decided not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2024 annual shareholder meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873860/000149315224012631/0001493152-24-012631-index.htm

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