---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-24-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:19:29.912873+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine Foods announces retirement of SVP Sales Jeff Hardin; Scott Hull to succeed immediately

## Summary
- Charles J. Hardin (Jeff Hardin) retires as Senior VP of Sales; effective July 23, 2024.
- Scott Hull, VP of Sales, immediately assumes the executive officer role previously held by Hardin.
- Hardin joined Cal-Maine in 1988 and served as VP of Sales since 2002; will assist through transition.
- Hull joined in 2009, served as National Sales Manager and general manager at Louisburg, NC location.
- Leadership change is part of planned succession; Hull has worked closely with Hardin.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-24-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276224000078/0001562762-24-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276224000078/202404048K.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-24-000078
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-24-000078.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-24-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles J. Hardin retired as Senior Vice President – Sales at CAL-MAINE FOODS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President – Sales
  source text: On April 1, 2024, Charles J. Hardin, Senior Vice President – Sales of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Board of his retirement effective July 23, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276224000078/0001562762-24-000078-index.htm

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