---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-039293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MED"
cik: "0000910329"
company_name: "MEDIFAST INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-01T12:59:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:01:50.116300+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Medifast Chief Legal Officer resigns; receives one-month severance of $35,648

## Summary
- Jason L. Groves resigned as Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary effective May 29, 2026; departure not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Severance: lump-sum payment of $35,648.42 (one month base salary) under separation agreement signed May 31.
- Company has commenced a search for a permanent replacement for the role.
- Separation agreement includes 1-year non-solicitation, non-disparagement, and confidentiality covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-039293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MED
- cik: 0000910329
- company_name: MEDIFAST INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T12:59:46+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000162828026039293/0001628280-26-039293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000162828026039293/med-20260529.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-039293.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-039293.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 477edcfc7b
  claim: Jason L. Groves resigned as Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary at MEDIFAST INC.
  evidence_excerpt: Effective as of May 29, 2026, Jason L. Groves, Esq., the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of Medifast, Inc. (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910329/000162828026039293/0001628280-26-039293-index.htm

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