{"url_path":"/sec/grdn/8-k/2026-06-22/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-22","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/0001193125-26-277596-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-277596","cik":"0001802255","ticker":"GRDN","issuer_name":"Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/0001193125-26-277596-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001802255","primary_entity_name":"Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc."},"word_count":580,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02\n\nDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nOn June 22, 2026, Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Kendall Forbes, who has served as Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations since the Company was founded in 2004, will retire from all positions with the Company effective July 1, 2026. Upon his retirement, Mr. Forbes has agreed to continue as an employee of the Company from July 1 through August 31, 2026 to assist with the transition of his duties.\n\nThe Company also announced on June 22, 2026, that upon Mr. Forbes’s retirement, and also effective as of July 1, 2026, David Morris will transition from his current role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. In connection with Mr. Morris’s transition to his new role, Will Mudd, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, also effective as of July 1, 2026.\n\nMr. Morris, age 63, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since our founding in 2004 and as a member of the Company’s board of directors since 2021. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Morris served as Chief Financial Officer at Central Pharmacy from 1993 to 2001. Mr. Morris previously served as President of the PBM Division at Complete Health from 1991 to 1993 and served as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young LLP from 1985 to 1991. Mr. Morris received a B.S., Accounting from the University of Alabama.\n\nMr. Mudd, age 47, has served as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company since 2012, overseeing all financial accounting and reporting, the Company’s complex revenue cycle management and total rewards (compensation & benefits) for the Company. Prior to joining Guadian, Mr. Mudd spent approximately ten years with the audit services group of a global public accounting firm servicing a broad range of clients, ranging from small, private equity backed private companies to mature public companies. Mr. Mudd earned his B.S. in Management with Accounting Concentration from Presbyterian College.\n\nUpon his promotion to Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Mudd will continue to participate in the Company’s compensation programs upon terms commensurate with other executive officers of the Company. Mr. Mudd will not receive any additional compensation in connection with his promotion.\n\nThere are no family relationships, as defined in Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K, between Mr. Morris or Mr. Mudd and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Morris or Mr. Mudd and any other person pursuant to which either Mr. Morris or Mr. Mudd was selected for their executive officer positions. There have been no transactions, and no transactions are currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which either Mr. Morris or Mr. Mudd, or any member of their respective immediate families, had or will have an interest and is required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\nDuring the period from July 1, 2026 through August 31, 2026, in compensation for the transition services that he will provide, Mr. Forbes will be entitled to payment of one-half of his current monthly base salary, along with customary health and welfare benefits offered to similarly situated employees."}