---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562401-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMH"
cik: "0001562401"
company_name: "American Homes 4 Rent"
filed_at: "2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T17:03:25.868566+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMH CEO David Singelyn to retire Dec 31, 2024; COO Bryan Smith named successor

## Summary
- CEO David P. Singelyn to retire effective Dec 31, 2024; will serve as advisor through June 2025.
- COO Bryan Smith appointed CEO effective Jan 1, 2025; base salary raised to $750K, target annual incentive 175%.
- CFO Christopher C. Lau promoted to Senior Executive VP; receives RSU award of $5M with five-year cliff vesting.
- Singelyn receives transition RSU award of $1.6M vesting June 30, 2025, subject to retirement agreement conditions.
- Company noted nearly 60,000 single-family properties; succession is part of orderly leadership transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562401-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMH
- cik: 0001562401
- company_name: American Homes 4 Rent
- filed_at: 2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000023/0001562401-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000023/amh-20240221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562401-24-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562401-24-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562401-24-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher C. Lau was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President at American Homes 4 Rent.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President
  source text: Christopher C. Lau, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, had been appointed to the elevated role of Senior Executive Vice President, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000023/0001562401-24-000023-index.htm
- Executive change
  David P. Singelyn departed as Chief Executive Officer at American Homes 4 Rent.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On February 22, 2024, American Homes 4 Rent (the “Company”) announced that David P. Singelyn, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, had notified the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Company of his intent to retire.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000023/0001562401-24-000023-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bryan Smith was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at American Homes 4 Rent.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board had appointed Bryan Smith, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective upon Mr. Singelyn’s retirement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562401/000156240124000023/0001562401-24-000023-index.htm

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