---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-019563"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T20:55:47.762329+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SeaWorld CFO to retire; Board authorizes $250M share buyback

## Summary
- CFO Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy to retire effective Dec 31, 2022 or upon successor appointment.
- Company retains recruiting firm for CFO search; Gulacsy to consult through March 2023.
- Board approved $250M share repurchase program with no time limit.
- Repurchases allowed via open market or private transactions subject to conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-019563
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022019563/0001564590-22-019563-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022019563/seas-8k_20220511.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-019563
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-019563.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy departed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at United Parks & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On May 11, 2022, Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company” or “SeaWorld”), notified the Company of her intention to retire from her current positions at SeaWorld in order to move on to the next chapter of her career effective December 31, 2022 or upon the appointment of her successor, if earlier.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022019563/0001564590-22-019563-index.htm

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