---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001838862-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRB"
cik: "0000012659"
company_name: "H&R BLOCK INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T07:48:14.867700+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# H&R Block CFO Tony Bowen to retire; external search for successor underway

## Summary
- Tony Bowen retires as CFO after 7+ years; will stay through Sept. 2024 for transition.
- Company to conduct external search for Bowen's replacement; no successor named yet.
- Under his leadership, H&R Block returned over $3.8B to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
- Bowen's retirement is not due to any disagreement; cites family and personal interests.
- He joined in 2004 as Senior Treasury Analyst and became CFO in 2016.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001838862-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRB
- cik: 0000012659
- company_name: H&R BLOCK INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12659/000183886224000010/0001838862-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12659/000183886224000010/hrb-20240201.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001838862-24-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001838862-24-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001838862-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tony Bowen retired as Chief Financial Officer at H&R BLOCK INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 1, 2024, Tony Bowen notified H&R Block, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from his position as Chief Financial Officer following the Company’s fiscal year 2024 to spend more time with family and focus on personal interests.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12659/000183886224000010/0001838862-24-000010-index.htm

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