{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001766502-24-000036","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CHWY","cik":"0001766502","company_name":"Chewy, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-08-09T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:14.460879+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-31T10:28:01.701545+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"Chewy appoints William Billings as CAO effective Aug 12; former CAO Bowman gets $249K severance","bullets":["William Billings named Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 12, 2024.","David Reeder removed as interim CAO but remains CFO.","Billings receives $400K base salary, $1.1M new hire RSU grant, and $2.1M additional RSU grant.","Billings is eligible for annual bonus (75% target) and annual equity grant (275% of base salary).","Former CAO Stacy Bowman receives $249,000 lump sum severance in exchange for release of claims."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001766502-24-000036","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001766502-24-000036.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001766502-24-000036.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001766502-24-000036.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766502/000176650224000036/0001766502-24-000036-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766502/000176650224000036/chwy-20240805.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-31T10:28:01.701545+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5a61962c57","claim":"William Billings was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Chewy, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On August 5, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chewy, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of William Billings as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (the “CAO”) and principal accounting officer (the “PAO”), effective as of the date that Mr. Billings commences employment with the Company, which is expected to be on August 12, 2024 (the “CAO Employment Date”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766502/000176650224000036/0001766502-24-000036-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Accounting Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"e323177f29","claim":"David Reeder changed role as interim Chief Accounting Officer at Chewy, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"the Board removed David Reeder as the interim CAO and interim PAO, effective as of the CAO Employment Date.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766502/000176650224000036/0001766502-24-000036-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"removed as interim CAO"},{"label":"Role","value":"interim Chief Accounting Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}