---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-016966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGI"
cik: "0001290900"
company_name: "Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T19:30:04.268486+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairman Robert Griffin to retire; retention bonuses approved for three executives

## Summary
- Chairman Robert C. Griffin to retire effective May 15, 2025, after 20 years on board; William C. Johnson expected to succeed as Chairman.
- Retention agreements for CFO Andy Cheung ($480k), CLO Aneezal Mohamed ($290k), and CHRO Kristin Mathers ($285k), vesting March 31, 2027.
- Retention bonuses forfeited if executive leaves before vesting, except if terminated without cause.
- CEO James Ray already covered by change-in-control agreement, per compensation committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-016966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGI
- cik: 0001290900
- company_name: Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290900/000162828025016966/0001628280-25-016966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290900/000162828025016966/cvgi-20250401.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-016966.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert C. Griffin departed as Chairman of the Board at Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc..
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On April 2, 2025, Robert C. Griffin, a director of the Company since July 2005, and current Chairman of the Board of the Company, informed the Company that he will be retiring from the Board of the Company, without standing for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290900/000162828025016966/0001628280-25-016966-index.htm

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