---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001971213-25-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBGI"
cik: "0001971213"
company_name: "Sinclair, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T06:58:20.759023+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sinclair CFO Lucy Rutishauser to retire after successor appointed; search begins

## Summary
- Lucy Rutishauser will retire as EVP & CFO after successor is appointed and transitions; she will then serve as senior advisor.
- Search for new CFO, including internal and external candidates, to commence shortly.
- Rutishauser has been with Sinclair since 1998, serving as CFO since January 2017.
- She helped complete ~$4B balance sheet restructuring and manage through a cybersecurity incident.
- David Smith and Chris Ripley praised her 26-year tenure and financial stewardship.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001971213-25-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBGI
- cik: 0001971213
- company_name: Sinclair, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-24T23:59:59+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/1971213/000197121325000019/0001971213-25-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912752/000197121325000019/sbgi-20250324.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001971213-25-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001971213-25-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001971213-25-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lucy A. Rutishauser departed as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Sinclair, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Lucy A. Rutishauser will retire from her position as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer after her successor is appointed and transitions into the role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1971213/000197121325000019/0001971213-25-000019-index.htm

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