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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001528396-25-000188"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWRE"
cik: "0001528396"
company_name: "Guidewire Software, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:39:44.314249+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Guidewire appoints CAO David Peterson as principal accounting officer effective July 24, 2025

## Summary
- David Peterson, age 64, has served as Chief Accounting Officer since May 2020.
- No new compensation arrangements were established; current base salary is $310,000.
- Peterson is eligible for an annual cash bonus with a target of 50% of base salary.
- He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a CPA.
- Appointment is effective July 24, 2025, with no arrangements or understandings with others.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001528396-25-000188
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWRE
- cik: 0001528396
- company_name: Guidewire Software, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528396/000152839625000188/0001528396-25-000188-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528396/000152839625000188/gwre-20250724.htm

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